California enacts Right to Repair Act
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- Anonymous
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- 13 Oct 2023
Time to do same for VEHICLES!!!!!!
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- 13 Oct 2023
TheWildShadow55, 11 Oct 2023Nice. Now the rest of the U.S. should followI don't think single states doing anything is going to make much of an impact.
We need a huge bloc like EU to vote for something like this because they have so much power.
If India and China also managed to get on board then everyone would have to change.
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- 12 Oct 2023
Anon, 11 Oct 2023Now all models will be launched 5 years before real availab... more7 years after production date (of the device) ;)
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- 12 Oct 2023
Apple threatens Colombian mobile phone repairman with jail time, apple never change
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- 12 Oct 2023
Only it will be useful if the cost to repair such device is low, or else it is just a well written story.
For a 100 USD device i would not pay more than 50 USD as repair cost.
I think repair cost should be like this - Motherboard repair cost should be within 10 to 20% of the mobile price, Display repair cost should be within 10 to 20% of the mobile price, Battery repair cost should be within 10% of the mobile price, Port replacement cost should be within 5% of the mobile price.
I mentioned almost all type of repair that mainly needed by users and if repair costs stays below 50 % then the intitative will work well.
Otherwise people will just buy a new device than repairing it as repairing old device with high cost don't give longivity to that device.
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- 11 Oct 2023
Save the planet from e-waste, congratulations California.
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- 11 Oct 2023
Now all models will be launched 5 years before real availability :D
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- 11 Oct 2023
YUKI93, 11 Oct 2023That explains why Google gave seven years of support for th... moreApple already provides 6+ years of updates. But next year may be due to this bill they might announce officially with the iPhone 16 series.
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- 11 Oct 2023
Anonymous, 11 Oct 2023More profit for IfixitYou do realize the spare parts aren't directly coming from iFixit, right? Google still controls it.
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- 11 Oct 2023
Anonymous, 11 Oct 2023Probably because game consoles are long subject to modifica... moreGood luck running pirated games by replacing a tantalum capacitor or god forbid the replacement of a memory chip.
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- 11 Oct 2023
Anonymous, 11 Oct 2023They can force manufacturers to have a removable battery, l... moreThe battery is now removable with this legislation, and they will supply a manual and another battery so that you can replace it yourself.
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- 11 Oct 2023
alcatraz, 11 Oct 2023Why are game consoles excluded? Seems unfair.Probably because game consoles are long subject to modifications for pirate/bootlegged games and tampering or modifying the internals is a huge liability for the company. So this would cover that.
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- Anonymous
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- 11 Oct 2023
omzig, 11 Oct 2023the most important thing is not clear: does this act promot... moreIt does not. If I recall, Rossmann pointed out that this bill requires Apple to do nothing that they're not already doing.
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- 11 Oct 2023
nice but do they have provisions for controlling the cost of the tools and spare parts?
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- 11 Oct 2023
anticipate that manufacturers will do everything to make it difficult for consumers, only time will tell
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- omzig
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- 11 Oct 2023
the most important thing is not clear: does this act promote independent repairs?
because if not then who cares.
apple will continue to offer "repairs" with their firmware-locked parts and back glasses for several hunderds through their autorised centers only
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- Anonymous
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- 11 Oct 2023
more profit for apple because they can sell box flasher/unlocker for part locked by firmware..imagine each unlock required credit system