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ifixit is a somewhat political organization, they're pushing right to repair and grade products on repairability. I'd rather they stay independent from Apple.
by edrxty 4y ago
ifixit is a somewhat political organization, they're pushing right to repair and grade products on repairability. I'd rather they stay independent from Apple.
- drewzero1 4y agoI agree. At first I thought they would be uniquely positioned for this role, but it really does seem like they need to stay independent to stay objective. As a customer As a customer I appreciate that ifixit serves the customer's needs rather than Apple's agenda or overall bottom line, which might not have remained the case if they had some kind of partnership.
- webmobdev 4y agoWhy can't they stay independent and objective if they partner with Apple (or any other manufacturer) to sell their parts?
- Retric 4y agoIndependent is often used as a weasel word ie: independent franchises. So sure the could be an independent distributor or whatever but that’s not actually independent as they would have a financial connection. Remaining objective is of course possible even with financial ties, but the suspicion is going to taint people’s perception.
- drewzero1 4y agoIf ifixit were to partner with a manufacturer (and especially one as large and influential as Apple), there might be a perception among consumers (whether true or not) that they were beholden to the manufacturer not to do anything that might hurt that manufacturer's revenue streams, like (for example) providing parts and information to extend the use of obsolete products or criticizing any of the manufacturer's design practices that might be hostile to repair. On the flip side, it might be possible for a partnership to provide better first-party parts support and more complete sharing of information, but I'm just too jaded to believe it could happen that way.
- RC_ITR 4y ago“If you keep rating our phones as very difficult for user repair, then why are we allowing you to distribute parts?”
- ClumsyPilot 4y agoDoing your job with Honesty and Integrity is political now? We live in stange times. Decline of the West explained in one sentence.
- Spivak 4y agoNo, trying to influence governments to create a legal right to repair is literally politics. Take a step back and look at all the negative connotations you've apparently attached to the word "political." The FSF and EFF are also political organizations. Partnering with Apple who is against right to repair creates a situation where they might have to choose the money from Apple or their right to repair aspirations.
- kube-system 4y agoiFixit launched a lobbying organization. Political lobbying is political. https://www.ifixit.com/News/7863/the-repair-association https://www.ifixit.com/News/7863/the-repair-association
- riffic 4y agothis is the good kind of political, though.
- seltzered_ 4y agoBoth companies are political. Many larger companies pay for lobbying via organizations like CTIA - https://www.ctia.org/about-ctia/our-members https://www.ctia.org/about-ctia/our-members
- markdown 4y agoIf a company lobbying for change that would benefit them is political, almost all companies are political.
- colejohnson66 4y agoYes. That’s literally the definition of lobbying: getting involved in politics to get your way. It doesn’t have to mean corruption. From Merriam-Webster[0]: > lobby (v) > to conduct activities aimed at influencing public officials and especially members of a legislative body on legislation “Public officials” have another name: politicians. [0]: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lobby https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lobby