Apple Right-to-Repair Criticism

the issue is apple refuses to provide third party repairs with parts, or even specifications for parts, so its a bit of a roundabout arguement that is tantamount to saying "only apple should repair them" to blame them as they have no alternative.

The 'problem' is that Apple forbids their suppliers from selling any parts to consumers or repairmen in order to charge exorbitant sums.And if you do find alternative parts and offer repair services to the public they prosecute you and destroy your lifehttps://repair.eu/news/apple-crushes-one-man-repair-shop/

The issue here is that you cannot buy spare parts from apple, imagine if it was the same for cars and you could only go to s main dealer to replace a windscreen and if you got a guy in a van to replace it with one from a car no longer in use that guy gets sued. Ludicrous situation, the availability of spare parts should be mandatory, especially for high value and high environmental impact items like the iphone.

Apple also intends to make money on repairs, which is why they are charging a higher markup for parts and labor compared to independent repair shops, and implementing anti-competitive restrictions to make it more difficult for third parties to repair Apple products when they break. Many phones from other manufacturers are also bought secondhand, just check eBay for examples.

Maybe, but the end criticism is the same - Apple doesn't want any of us to repair its iDevices easily or cheaply. (In fact many in Reddit and HN had predicted that this is exactly what Apple would do - make the repair process expensive and deliberately cumbersome).

Apple are actively fighting to prevent third parties being able to lawfully repair their devices.https://www.macrumors.com/2019/04/30/apple-right-to-repair-c...

The only reason apple doesn't want to allow repairs is so they can sell more new ones. This "consistency from repair to repair" is largely a myth used to fool gullible consumers by playing on the assumption that apple actually has a competent repair wing. They do not, so this line of thinking that it's "third party repairs are a problem" is completely unfounded.

The problem here is that Apple's stuff is so un-repairable that they almost _have_ to fully replace a larger part. With most other electronics there's still a chance (though diminishing) that the part can be repaired. It's almost as if Apple is seeing this as another revenue source.

Following the right to repair movement, Apple seems to only be providing coarse-granular self-repair, meaning that a large amount of small issues need expensive fixes. For instance, display cable broken due to normal wear -> replace entire display assembly @ ~50% of MSRP on an older model. Apple themselves are often doing the same thing when repairing in-house, replacing larger components and charging a premium. And why wouldn't they? Sure, they lose a bit to independent repair shops, bu

This sounds like Apple apologism. Repair shops certainly have the capability to fix these devices but are hampered by actively Apple who would obviously prefer you go through them for repairs which are nearly as expensive as buying a new phone which is the whole point.