Hell freezes over as Apple supports right-to-repair bill
Hell freezes over as Apple supports right-to-repair bill
As California legislation nears finish line, Apple suddenly switches sides.
There is a discussion on Hacker News, but feel free to comment here as well.
believe it when you see it folks, it aint real until it’s law and implemented
I believe we have to be careful for apple not to be doing any
Embracing, extending, and extinguishing.
Remember almost all mass polluting companies are involved with pro climate action and science, obscuring the data and vision.
the implementation of this bill could still be tainted at this stage
They must've found a way to screw us customers over. "Don't be evil" was unfortunately never their slogan and they would've never agreed unless they can somehow profit from it.
Youre thinking of Google (although Apple will still screw people over).
This is the best summary I could come up with:
In a letter dated August 22, Apple showed its support for California's right-to-repair bill, SB 244, after spending years combatting DIY repair efforts.
As reported by TechCrunch, the letter, written to California state Senator Susan Eggman, declared that Apple supports SB 244 and urged the legislature to pass it.
California's final bill "should balance device integrity, usability, and physical safety" with the right to repair, Apple's letter reportedly says.
Apple's letter is a reverse-course on the battle against right-to-repair efforts that it's been fighting for a decade, as noted via Repair.org Executive Director Gay Gordon-Byrne through a US PIRG press release Wednesday.
That includes in California, where in 2019, The Verge and Motherboard reported that an Apple representative met with legislators, encouraging them to kill a right-to-repair bill over alleged consumer safety concerns.
Nathan Proctor, senior director of US Public Interest Research Group's (PIRG's) Right to Repair Campaign, wagered a guess to Ars:
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