Apple backs national right-to-repair bill, offering parts, manuals, and tools | Repair advocates say Apple’s move is beneficial, but also strategic::Repair advocates say Apple’s move is beneficial, but also strategic.
Apple backs national right-to-repair bill, offering parts, manuals, and tools | Repair advocates say Apple’s move is beneficial, but also strategic::Repair advocates say Apple’s move is beneficial, but also strategic.
Ars did the math (it’s in that article), and they said that people with the know-how will be financially better-off renting the tools and doing the repairs themselves than getting them done at Apple. It’s not a great deal, but it’s probably enough to get California regulators off their backs. Which, again, is the goal.