Apple is really undoubtedly the king of making their products impossible to repair. This doesn't bother me much since I have long abandoned apple. What bothers me is that everyone follows their bad example. Not only is a modern phone impossible to open, everything is glued in. Even laptops are like this. I have even seen other manufacturers stop using underfill in their phones, just like apple. Probably to make broke…
Sounds like we need more laws around manufacturing things to make them possible to repair and the prohibition of stopping 3rd party repair. Hell the EU should pass something along these lines. It's pretty much necessary at this point.
2. Yes--most people coud care less about ease of reparability, but most people don't know what's best for them anyways?
3. If you buy something, you should have access to all repair manuals/schematics.
4. Any anti-repair shenanigans should be illegial, or only permitted in certain situations.
5. Right now a rich boy buys any wristwatch over $400. That eatch could be an Omega, Rolex, or any of the Swatch Group watches. (Omega is now part of Swatch)
They buy the Watch. They take it out of the leather case, with all the documentation. They put their wrist. Throughout the day, they look at that beautiful piece of machinery. It's a good feeling. You worked hard, and that hunk of metal on your wrist just feels right? No--most of you could crack open the case, and fix the watch when it starts to act up, but you should have the right. The right to order a Pallet fork, or a case screw?
When you can't repair something; do you really own the watch? When that Watch needs a watch, they can't call up the factory and even order an extra watch link. (I'm yacking about watches, and cars because that's what I work on.)
6. Don't get me started on new vechicles. I took my mom car shopping. She doesn't have much money. She's getting older, and still thinks she's upper middle class in terms of income. She's not. I have bought her last three vechicles, and maintained them. I went to automotive school after I had a nervous breakdown.
I'm getting a bit personal? Well I took her to the dealerships.
I asked the Salesman about procuring a Service Manual, if we buy a vechicle. He just said, even experienced mechanics can't work on these computers on wheels.
I knew this going in. I showed my mom the $260/hr. Service rate beaming from across the fancy waiting room.
I'll stop my rant. When a company makes it difficult to repair a product, doesn't that violate The Sherman Anti-Trust Act?
I do know a governmental agency looked into Swiss Watch companies demanding that all repairs are done at their pricy factory, but they didn't do anything. They said, it's basically a rich man's problem, and not important enough for further investigation.
I live in a wealthy area. These people don't even walk their dogs, or even think about doing any repair on their homes, appliances, or vechicles.
I was not brought up that way. I was taught to repair. Apple is blatantly trying to extract more money out of their fanboys. I used to be a Fanboy, but it was during Steve's tenure, and about up to about eight years ago.
I find it depressing. Then again my life has been a depressing failure?