New York passes Right to Repair law, Apple overcomplicates its response

[AshG]

New York state passes first-ever "right to repair" law for electronics

While New York is a state that generally elicits facepalm reactions from most of the country for, well, being New York, occasionally it does something right. The new Right to Repair law, which will become active next year, gives customers the right to (try to) fix their hardware using OEM parts obtained without having to dodge customs.

Apple is leaning into this trend by providing people with the parts and tools to fix their broken screens. You just have to sign that you accept that you'll have to pay for the necessary hardware if you don't send it back.

Necessary hardware? That's right, with that shiny new screen or replacement battery comes rental of over a thousand dollars and almost eighty pounds worth of kit.

Apple shipped us a 79-pound iPhone repair kit to fix a 1.1-ounce battery

 

[AshG]

The anti-repair lobby is working overtime, especially in the farm equipment world, to keep these laws from being passed. John Deere's lineup for the past several years has included computers that shut everything down and require you to bring in a tech to fix and reset. As a result, twenty-plus year old tractors and combines have shot up in value and don't spend much time on the market if they go up for sale.

 

[SpaceCoastVol]

New York state passes first-ever "right to repair" law for electronics

While New York is a state that generally elicits facepalm reactions from most of the country for, well, being New York, occasionally it does something right. The new Right to Repair law, which will become active next year, gives customers the right to (try to) fix their hardware using OEM parts obtained without having to dodge customs.

Apple is leaning into this trend by providing people with the parts and tools to fix their broken screens. You just have to sign that you accept that you'll have to pay for the necessary hardware if you don't send it back.

Necessary hardware? That's right, with that shiny new screen or replacement battery comes rental of over a thousand dollars and almost eighty pounds worth of kit.

Apple shipped us a 79-pound iPhone repair kit to fix a 1.1-ounce battery

That is a classic example of how government puts up roadblocks and obstacles, and business finds a way around them.

I love Apple fanatics because they buy everything that they put out. I own AAPL.... but damn people, are those watches really all that hard to live without?

LOL

 

[n_huffhines]

New York state passes first-ever "right to repair" law for electronics

While New York is a state that generally elicits facepalm reactions from most of the country for, well, being New York, occasionally it does something right. The new Right to Repair law, which will become active next year, gives customers the right to (try to) fix their hardware using OEM parts obtained without having to dodge customs.

Apple is leaning into this trend by providing people with the parts and tools to fix their broken screens. You just have to sign that you accept that you'll have to pay for the necessary hardware if you don't send it back.

Necessary hardware? That's right, with that shiny new screen or replacement battery comes rental of over a thousand dollars and almost eighty pounds worth of kit.

Apple shipped us a 79-pound iPhone repair kit to fix a 1.1-ounce battery

Sounds like they didn't get it right.

 

[OrangeTsar]

The anti-repair lobby is working overtime, especially in the farm equipment world, to keep these laws from being passed. John Deere's lineup for the past several years has included computers that shut everything down and require you to bring in a tech to fix and reset. As a result, twenty-plus year old tractors and combines have shot up in value and don't spend much time on the market if they go up for sale.

This is actually legally sanctioned theft in my opinion. The practical effect is that you are really LEASING the equipment, not buying it. But you still take the financial hit that is depreciation as if you WERE the owner