In a move with implications for consumers and for large iPhone, iPad, and/or Mac deployments in business and education, Apple is backing a new California law that aims to make it easier for people to fix their own devices.
Apple supports SB 244
In a nutshell, Apple has officially endorsed a proposed Right to Repair Bill that’s moving toward approval in California. The company’s support for the bill may hint at a change in its attitude to self-repair.
Traditionally, Apple didn’t support Right to Repair. But after consumer advocacy campaigns and a little regulatory investigation, the company opened up to self-repair with last year’s launch of its Self Service Repair program. These days it offers self-repair kits, instructions, and official Apple components customers can use to fix IT — but only for a fee and only if you know what you’re doing.
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Source:: Computerworld