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Sad as it is - there is a lot of corruption in the repair industry, with this only being one facet of the issue. It’s why companies like Apple look on R2R activ
by gjsman-1000 4y ago
Sad as it is - there is a lot of corruption in the repair industry, with this only being one facet of the issue. It’s why companies like Apple look on R2R activists like Louis Rossmann with pity internally but won’t budge.
- UweSchmidt 4y agoHow does R2R relate to privacy violations during repair? Apple repair techs can snoop on user data more (i.e. pressure users to hand over admin pw, as reported in this thread) as long as we can't easily swap a MacBook hard disc ourselves.
- alpaca128 4y agoOne of their favorite methods to fight and denounce independent repair shops is to suggest that those repair shops could snoop through user data, or more generally that independent repair means no control and oversight. Basic FUD. The US car lobby went even farther by producing an ad that implied independent car repair makes you an easier target for stalkers and sexual predators[0]. Of course all those efforts are kind of hampered when authorized repair shops mess up. Like that time when an Apple repair tech uploaded a customer's selfies and sex tape on Facebook[1]. [0]: https://www.vice.com/en/article/qj4ayw/auto-industry-tv-ads-claim-right-to-repair-benefits-sexual-predators https://www.vice.com/en/article/qj4ayw/auto-industry-tv-ads-... [1]: https://nypost.com/2021/06/07/apple-settled-after-repair-techs-posted-womans-explicit-pics/ https://nypost.com/2021/06/07/apple-settled-after-repair-tec...