Pluralistic: Apple Fucked Us On Right to Repair (Again).
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Pluralistic: Apple fucked us on right to repair (again) (22 Sept 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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Funny how American capitalism went from championing interchangeable parts in the 18th century to shitting on it in the 21st century.
I wouldn’t buy Apple but I know some people buy Apple because they have the longest support window of all smartphone makers (even longer than Fairphone), according to YouTube vid lU4vv7qCQvg.
This is what I figured was going on when all those articles came out about Apple "changing its position" on right-to-repair. The politicians got to claim a victory, but Apple was in the details.