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Whether it be electronics, automobiles or medical equipment, the manufacturers should not be able to horde “oem” parts, render your stuff useless if you repair it with aftermarket parts, or hide schematics of their products.

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Astonishing Anti Repair Practices By Apple In the Last 15 Years (www.youtube.com)

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A pretty comprehensive video by Hugh Jeffreys covering how Apple has been restricting repairability in their devices, even before 2012.

P.S. Apple's iPhones may be exempt from California's R2R bill, apparently they slipped an exemption in there for "waterproof portable devices" 🤦‍♂️

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Waterproof is the loophole! I had a suspicion Apple backing the bill was too good to be true. I wonder if they'll make all their products waterproof to utilize this loophole, or if they actually will improve for laptops and desktops.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can you share more information? I'm looking at the bill and by means of searching do not find mention of waterproof. Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I was just basing on the PS from OPs post text, sorry. I'd ask them?