Apple Tried Charging the Price of a New MacBook Pro for a Screen Replacement

Post by awinter-py » Mon, Sep 14, 2020, 12:57 PM UTC

markdown wrote: post #58

awinter-py wrote: post #37

the right to repair movement is fascinating because it has no political alignment (it includes city folk + farmers, for example), has passed legislation in a lot of states, and implicitly comes with a bunch of other digital rights (because repair is power) it's also easy to understand -- there's no generation gap. Unlike privacy, the harms are immediate and most people have experienced them. repair.org is IMO doing a…

Unfortunately, going by Louis Rossmann's latest video, the right to repair means nothing if you don't have access to the parts you need to fix Apple products. And of late, Apple have been preventing their suppliers from selling parts to third parties.

Post by owenmarshall » Mon, Sep 14, 2020, 12:58 PM UTC

vbezhenar wrote: post #43

jonwinstanley wrote: post #32

This is not surprising at all, the retina screen is one of the most expensive parts of the laptop. Lots of household appliances are similar to this too. If you have to repair one of the main parts of a washing machine or a dishwasher a new one will be a cheaper option. Same for a car, a friend of mine flooded his engine by driving through water that was higher than expected. His insurance company just wrote the car o…

Does your country have unofficial repairs? I can't imagine destroying a car just because of failed engine. In my country I would spend around $1k to repair engine if it's still possible and around few thousands dollars to buy used engine and replace it. Actually I would repair it myself for a few hundreds of dollars, but if someone does not want to spend time, those are the options.

Post by dwighttk » Mon, Sep 14, 2020, 12:59 PM UTC

Post by dvfjsdhgfv » Mon, Sep 14, 2020, 1:00 PM UTC

freeqaz wrote: post #28

SirensOfTitan wrote: post #6

They’ve also quoted me more than a whole new pair to repair some AirPods Pro that I accidentally washed in the laundry. They didn’t tell me that was the case when I was on the phone with them. Apple uses a lot of customer hostile behaviors nowadays. Recently: * I canceled the Apple TV+ year trial that came with my iPhone. While, I believe, they require other apps to allow access until the trial ends, they ended my ac…

I just swapped from Android to an iPhone for privacy concerns. The other side of the fence is pretty user hostile as well. Google makes you disable a lot of functionality on the phone if you try to get out of their invasive tracking. And they are constantly nuking apps that I use like Google Play Music and Google Inbox. Maybe check out PinePhone if you're interested in hacking something together!

Post by jonathanraiman » Mon, Sep 14, 2020, 1:00 PM UTC

Tepix wrote: post #64

SirensOfTitan wrote: post #6

They’ve also quoted me more than a whole new pair to repair some AirPods Pro that I accidentally washed in the laundry. They didn’t tell me that was the case when I was on the phone with them. Apple uses a lot of customer hostile behaviors nowadays. Recently: * I canceled the Apple TV+ year trial that came with my iPhone. While, I believe, they require other apps to allow access until the trial ends, they ended my ac…

If you go to the settings app and find "Music" there, you will find a toggle "Display Apple Music" - perhaps that will help. I agree they are annoying.