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Apple is literally known for their anti-right-to-repair stance. There is a youtuber named Louis Rossman(1.7 million followers) fighting Apple on this since mor

Apple is literally known for their anti-right-to-repair stance. There is a youtuber named Louis Rossman(1.7 million followers) fighting Apple on this since more than a decade. Here is his channel: https://youtube.com/user/rossmanngroup https://youtube.com/user/rossmanngroup

stingrae 4y ago
I would argue that they aren't anti right-to-repair. They are against poor quality repairs. The issue is if you let individuals and 3rd party stores do repairs, there is no way to validate that they are doing it in a reliable/quality fashion. This is especially problematic when phones are getting more and more resilient to various environments (Like the addition of IP68) When a customer has a repair done poorly and issues come up, they come to Apple for support.
prvit 4y ago
Rossman isn’t exactly trustworthy. Remember this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw3-j_RaX74 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw3-j_RaX74
- scottydelta 4y ago
  Shows the video as private. I cannot watch it.
  - prvit 4y ago
    Rossmann went on a drunken, paranoid rant about how the macbook webcam has secret hardware to spy on him. He took the video down after widespread ridicule. Original video is mirrored on archive.org https://archive.org/details/Kat.crlouis.rossmann.backup/what's+up+with+that+4+gb+man-tw3-j_RaX74.mp4# https://archive.org/details/Kat.crlouis.rossmann.backup/what... Not sure if that link goes straight to the right video. It’s the last video of the playlist, titled “what’s up with that 4 gb man”
foldr 4y ago
You’re conflating two separate issues: (i) Is Apple anti right to repair? (ii) Does Apple solder certain components primarily because it makes repair more difficult? Even if the answer to (i) is yes, the answer to (ii) can be no. Most unpluggable components in most laptops are never intentionally unplugged over the lifetime of the device. Connectors take up space, can come unplugged accidentally, and degrade signal quality. Those are the reasons for soldering components in a modern laptop.

stingrae 4y ago

I would argue that they aren't anti right-to-repair. They are against poor quality repairs. The issue is if you let individuals and 3rd party stores do repairs, there is no way to validate that they are doing it in a reliable/quality fashion. This is especially problematic when phones are getting more and more resilient to various environments (Like the addition of IP68) When a customer has a repair done poorly and issues come up, they come to Apple for support.

prvit 4y ago

Rossman isn’t exactly trustworthy. Remember this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw3-j_RaX74 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw3-j_RaX74

scottydelta 4y ago
Shows the video as private. I cannot watch it.
- prvit 4y ago
  Rossmann went on a drunken, paranoid rant about how the macbook webcam has secret hardware to spy on him. He took the video down after widespread ridicule. Original video is mirrored on archive.org https://archive.org/details/Kat.crlouis.rossmann.backup/what's+up+with+that+4+gb+man-tw3-j_RaX74.mp4# https://archive.org/details/Kat.crlouis.rossmann.backup/what... Not sure if that link goes straight to the right video. It’s the last video of the playlist, titled “what’s up with that 4 gb man”

foldr 4y ago

You’re conflating two separate issues: (i) Is Apple anti right to repair? (ii) Does Apple solder certain components primarily because it makes repair more difficult? Even if the answer to (i) is yes, the answer to (ii) can be no. Most unpluggable components in most laptops are never intentionally unplugged over the lifetime of the device. Connectors take up space, can come unplugged accidentally, and degrade signal quality. Those are the reasons for soldering components in a modern laptop.