I believe this is genuine support of the bill from Apple. Between Right to Repair winning in Massachusetts and the EU demanding compliance, I think Apple decided to flip the script. They would want to continue the illusion of customer friendly tech.
I believe this is genuine support of the bill from Apple. Between Right to Repair winning in Massachusetts and the EU demanding compliance, I think Apple decided to flip the script. They would want to continue the illusion of customer friendly tech.
Apple doesn’t care if you repair it because they know their operating system will make it unusable anyways.
A little hyperbole, they will make it look crappy-er compared to their new stuff and abandon it progressively, as people fall to fomo.
I know they ritualistically make third party software and tech incompatible, but we do have recent cases in our favor.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/08/15/hp-printers-scanner-disabled-low-ink/be2b30fc-3b86-11ee-aefd-40c039a855ba_story.html#
HP had designed the scanning functionality to not operate if the printer didn’t have any ink.