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  • Apple voices official support for California SB 244 right to repair bill

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    Wait - for the last several years we’ve seen a chorus of people screaming how iPhones and iPads are going to start blowing up, causing untold death and destruction if anyone besides Apple does the repair. Now that Apple is supporting a right to repair bill what will these people do? Is there enough crow to go around or are they going to start screaming how wrong Apple is to support such a bill?


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  • Rival leaker claims new USB-C image the 'real deal'

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    Didn’t Phil Schiller say “USC C is the future” back in 2015? Here we are 8 years later. It would seem Apple is living in the past. 
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  • Judge clears way for $500M iPhone throttling settlements

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    robin phuber said:
    No good deed goes unpunished. The “throttling” was not nefarious, but a good faith effort to protect consumers from overheating phones. In other words what tort attorneys call a business opportunity. 
    Like I’ve said before, had Apple simply been more clear in disclosing the throttling there would have been no issue. Since they didn’t, they left their intentions open to interpretation. Whether they did to protect consumers or as an underhanded move to drive sales is completely dependent on your view of Apple. Even in the charitable view they may have driven people to unnecessarily buy new phones when a simple battery replacement would have sufficed. 
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  • Apple Pencil functionality compromised with third-party iPad parts

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    gadgetcanadav2 said:
    MplsP said:
    If I'm a pro, using a "pro" device, why would I want to risk my livelihood with ill-informed repair people?  Which is what this article really highlights.
    And you have the option to take it to Apple. 

    Go back to the car example - if FedEx gets its trucks from Ford do they and should they need to go back to a Ford dealer for every repair? Or is it conceivable (I know, this is way out there) that a non-Ford mechanic might be qualified to make a repair?
    If Ford requires all maintenance from Ford, you have the choice not to buy their product. Same with Apple. What you want is to dictate to Apple how they should run their company. Apple is in business to make money, not coddle to your whims.
    Well that’s exactly the point, isn’t it? There is no valid reason for a company to require service by its service centers, despite all the Chicken Little screams by some people. 

    Apple can make money, just not by extorting repair fees from people. 
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  • Apple Pencil functionality compromised with third-party iPad parts

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    pscooter63 said:
    If I'm a pro, using a "pro" device, why would I want to risk my livelihood with ill-informed repair people?  Which is what this article really highlights.
    And you have the option to take it to Apple. 

    Go back to the car example - if FedEx gets its trucks from Ford do they and should they need to go back to a Ford dealer for every repair? Or is it conceivable (I know, this is way out there) that a non-Ford mechanic might be qualified to make a repair?
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