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sunbrrnslapper, to upliftingnews in California Lawmakers Unanimously Pass Right to Repair Legislation

Does this mean that the ice cream machines at McDonald’s will be working? 😉

Seriously though, this is great news.

WtfEvenIsExistence,

Right to repair doesn’t mean Mcdonalds actually care about fixing it. Their food normally take like shit anyways and orders are wrong all the time. Doubt they care about maintaining a machine.

dannoffs,
@dannoffs@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

I think I saw somewhere that their machines are always broken because they’re locked into a contract with a specific service company that sucks but that might just be McPropoganda

sunbrrnslapper,

Oh, I know. I was just being silly. But my hope springs eternal.

glittalogik,
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iforgotmyinstance, to upliftingnews in California Lawmakers Unanimously Pass Right to Repair Legislation

It’s just good business.

Dups, to upliftingnews in California Lawmakers Unanimously Pass Right to Repair Legislation
@Dups@sh.itjust.works avatar

That’s great

iHUNTcriminals, to upliftingnews in Apple Formally Endorses Right to Repair Legislation After Spending Millions Fighting It

Which means it’s bullshit.

Bitrot,
@Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

Apple released a self repair storefront, soon afterwards comes legislation that perfectly mirrors the way they operate their program. AFAIK Apple is still free to keep people from using old parts off eBay and such.

Martineski,
@Martineski@lemmy.fmhy.net avatar

Also you can’t stock parts from what I remember. You need to get the consumer first and only then you can order the parts when the official repair stores have their stock ready to make the 3rd part stores less attractive because of the slowness.

BustinJiber, to upliftingnews in Apple Formally Endorses Right to Repair Legislation After Spending Millions Fighting It

Wait, is that how you suppose to open these phones now? With some suction cups?

Chozo,

Yep, most phones these days come apart by using a heat gun to loosen up the adhesive, then you slice through the adhesive with a plastic blade, and then some strong suction cups to pull the screen/back off. Which means that you need to reapply the adhesive when you put it back together again.

It's a colossal, time-consuming pain in the ass. Especially if you don't know where the cables are that connect the screen to the board, as you can slice through them and be left with another part to replace.

MeanEYE, to upliftingnews in Apple Formally Endorses Right to Repair Legislation After Spending Millions Fighting It
@MeanEYE@lemmy.world avatar

This is just PR. Apple fights something silently then when it’s apparent they will lose they go “We endorse this”… and braindead fans will go “see Apple invented right to repair”. Then the rest gets numb trying to explain to them how Apple just says thing and rarely does anything to benefit users but naah…

TheGreenGolem,

“We innovated USB-C into our phones because we listen to our customers.”

MeanEYE,
@MeanEYE@lemmy.world avatar

Exactly that. But no one asks a question “why at 2.0 speeds or why now and not 5 years ago”. Naaah, that requires mental gymnastics of a sparrow.

regalia, to upliftingnews in Apple Formally Endorses Right to Repair Legislation After Spending Millions Fighting It

I wouldn’t call this uplifting. They’re doing so I’m bad faith as this almost entirely is focused on them.

salton,

They will find a way to make it as inconvenient and uneconomical as possible while publishing how environmentally conscious they are.

Chais, to upliftingnews in Apple Formally Endorses Right to Repair Legislation After Spending Millions Fighting It
@Chais@sh.itjust.works avatar

Judge them by their actions, not their words. youtu.be/r0Hwb5xvBn8

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