British right to repair law excludes smartphones and computers
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#2https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57665593
This doesn't sound very exciting to me. From experience spare parts from the manufacturer cost a fortune.
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#3hopefully the beginning of this movement not the end, good to see the need for this recognised in legislation, as someone who would like to see more progression along this route this is a meaningful event.
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#4https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57665593 This doesn't sound very exciting to me. From experience spare parts from the manufacturer cost a fortune.
Even if they are overpriced, I still want them available. If for no other reason, to ensure that battery replacement is possible. My last two phones were fine when I retired them, except for the battery. In the laptop world, I have kept some of my old devices in service for a long, long time by getting cheap battery replacements on ebay.
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#5https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57665593 This doesn't sound very exciting to me. From experience spare parts from the manufacturer cost a fortune.
Apple solve this by making spares super expensive and only available from partners.
The legislation needs to stipulate what a "component" or "part" is, i.e. not the entire motherboard.
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#6translation: this "right to repair" law appears to exclude everything you'd actually want the right to repair.
Rather a lot of the right to repair fight in the US comes down to ECUs and data formats and readers for things like OBD ports on vehicles, or firmware for your farm equipment, or lots of other things that certainly have computers in them.
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#7https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57665593 This doesn't sound very exciting to me. From experience spare parts from the manufacturer cost a fortune.
Apple solve this by making spares super expensive and only available from partners. The legislation needs to stipulate what a "component" or "part" is, i.e. not the entire motherboard.
> Apple solve this by making spares super expensive and only available from partners.
This is even more hilarious: they sell you a "spare part" which is the logic board, for nearly the price of the laptop.
But they (1) do provide spare parts and (2) sell them at a ""reasonable price""
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Apple solve this by making spares super expensive and only available from partners. The legislation needs to stipulate what a "component" or "part" is, i.e. not the entire motherboard.
> Apple solve this by making spares super expensive and only available from partners. This is even more hilarious: they sell you a "spare part" which is the logic board, for nearly the price of the laptop. But they (1) do provide spare parts and (2) sell them at a ""reasonable price""
Having a price even if ridiculous allows researches to write papers like "What brand has the most affordable repairs".
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Apple solve this by making spares super expensive and only available from partners. This is even more hilarious: they sell you a "spare part" which is the logic board, for nearly the price of the laptop. But they (1) do provide spare parts and (2) sell them at a ""reasonable price""
Having a price even if ridiculous allows researches to write papers like "What brand has the most affordable repairs".
Dear god that's a stretch of the word "researcher" if ever I've seen one. Yes, that article would take some "research" (as in, finding stuff) but nope, the person writing it wouldn't be a "researcher" for it.
They'd be a journalist. At 9to5 or such probably.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Apple solve this by making spares super expensive and only available from partners. The legislation needs to stipulate what a "component" or "part" is, i.e. not the entire motherboard.
> Apple solve this by making spares super expensive and only available from partners. This is even more hilarious: they sell you a "spare part" which is the logic board, for nearly the price of the laptop. But they (1) do provide spare parts and (2) sell them at a ""reasonable price""
That's okay - if people care about this they will stop buying Apple products.