blitz1

9secondkox2 said:

not on apple at all.

but dang, cupertino was raking it in! 

no wonder its such a nice place. LOL

good to see that getting squared away. and good to see some common sense in my home state for once.

totally different than the Irish tax deal. Ireland had the right to offer apple a deal and apple had the riht to take it. The EU is overreaching there, like many other areas.

MplsP said:

blitz1 said:

Xed said:

avon b7 said:

No doubt upcoming EU directives came into play on these changes. 

Show your work.

Here you are:

On Tuesday, [European] Parliament adopted its position on a stronger “right to repair” for consumers, with 590 votes in favour, 15 against, and 15 abstentions. The proposal aims to encourage more sustainable consumption, by making it easier to repair defective goods, reducing waste and supporting the repair sector.

Within the legal guarantee period, sellers would be required to prioritise repair if it is cheaper or equal in cost to replacing a good, unless the repair is not feasible or inconvenient for the consumer. MEPs also propose to extend the legal guarantee by one year once a product has been fixed.

“unless the repair is not feasible or inconvenient for the consumer” - it’s hard to classify any smartphone repair as convenient and I’d argue that the skill involved makes them infeasible for the majority.