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Is there any requirement on someone selling an iPhone messed with at the kitchen table to make the next buyer of said phone aware of these backyard rectifications? Buying used is ok if it’s all been fixed professionally but anyone wearing a Hawaiian shirt selling an iPhone is likely to be wary of, like used car salesmen 😂
 
Now when will Gavin Newsom get on board with adding a CA driver's license to Apple Wallet
 
For Apple this is a legal way to limit competition from other companies who might be able to one day build a competitive phone but don't have the resources to comply with this law. A nice loophole in the antitrust laws that allows dominant companies like Apple to limit competition while giving the impression that this is a consumer positive law. Don't be fooled.
 
Great news for tech savvy do-it-your selfers. But most consumers will not risk doing it themselves.
 
Parts pairing is not covered. Bad.
This is like those recycling laws supported by Coca-Cola, they’re supporting it for publicity and to prevent more serious moves.
 
"SB 244 requires that Apple and other companies provide components, repair manuals, and other repair information to be available for seven years after the sale of any product that costs more than $99.99. It is applicable to products sold after July 1, 2021."

So I will be able to self-repair AirPods?
The repair component is a new airpod.
 
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Manufacturers are also not required to make tools, parts, and documentation available for any component that would disable or override antitheft security measures, which encompasses Apple features like Face ID.
Which just ends up in Apple saying: "We serialise components because of antitheft"
 
if it's apple backed, of course people will complain.
Look, Apple saw the coming, people are complainig becuase it's backed by Apple. Apple was against the from the beginning then saw the writing on the wall that they couldn't stop it. I'm sure tons of $$$ went to lobbying efforts to stop it by Apple. It's quite ironic that most of all new equipment require special jigs etc. Sure, rent this stuff from Apple get the parts and really screw up your 4K laptop...THEN WHAT? just another way to put mom and pop repair shops out of business and leave you with Apple and "BEST BUY"
 
Naturally Apple will now say it supports right to repair because over the years they have been able to put in place the prevention of unauthorized Apple parts getting in to the country. I am not sure about countries outside of the EU and USA but I have seen mac book & iphone repair youtube video's where the repair person has complained of having their Apple parts blocked at customs. I've seen it from youtubers in the USA, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Sweden. So it would seem that whilst Apple was putting this in place they kept putting pressure on to prevent Right to Repair Bill but now the import of Apple parts are blocked look what happens, Apple now says they support the Right to Repair. That's only because Apple has now been able to put in place the blockage of their spare parts from getting into the hands of Independent repair shops. Now the only way to get many of the replacement parts is through Apple's repair program.

Apple, cunning little so 'n' so's aren't they.
 
If you don't know what GSX and a spudger is... this is a trap.

GSX - 1970's Buick

Great news for tech savvy do-it-your selfers. But most consumers will not risk doing it themselves.

I suspect most tech savvy users would be better off not trying a DIY repair. Repair skills are separate from being tech savvy, and an iPhone is a complex piece of electronics that is easy to screw up in a self repair.
 
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It’s mostly not worth signing, they still allow Apple to lock everything out unless you pay to remove the “unknown part” lock.

The only good thing is forcing shops to ID their parts. Years ago best buy replaced my faulty battery under the Apple $20 repair program (I think it was for 6S defects). They gave me a $2 eBay special battery instead of an Apple battery and that thing swelled up within a year or so.
 
This will be interesting for the people that try this and screw up.

I can imagine plenty of people walking into an Apple Store with a phone they screwed up telling the technicians to “fix it for free”

Technicians, if following guidelines, have every right to either deny service or charge out of warranty fees for completing the repair.
 
For Apple this is a legal way to limit competition from other companies who might be able to one day build a competitive phone but don't have the resources to comply with this law. A nice loophole in the antitrust laws that allows dominant companies like Apple to limit competition while giving the impression that this is a consumer positive law. Don't be fooled.

Oh good grief. All this does is make sure Apple doesn’t have to absorb the cost of you running to some janky mall kiosk and using off brand garbage components and then trying to trade it in or get it serviced by them as if it is still a legit piece. They do not have to subsidize your cost cutting.

Furthermore, it makes sure that if you sell that product to someone else and fail to disclose what you have done to the buyer, then if things go sideways you are liable for failing to fully inform the person you are selling to what you have done to the product.
 
I was a Mac Genius for 7 years. Fact is, if you're not regularly repairing these devices daily and fully know their tolerances/peculiarities (and each phone has little tricks and "gotchas" as time goes on you learn them), most common folks don't have the dexterity, finesse, patience and nimble fingers to handle most component-level iPhone repairs. There's all sorts of annoying glue and fasteners that are unfamiliar to most people, ZIF/LIF connectors, non-magnetized screws, heat shields and display calibrations that need to be done.

Mac notebooks were tight quarters enough, iPhones are another magnitude beyond it.

The catch is Apple will see a ham-fisted repair, and charge out-of-warranty prices to remedy the damage or deny service entirely.

If you don't know what GSX and a spudger is... this is a trap.
replaced a battery once on my 4s. The screws were super tiny and agree, not easy back then. Can't imagine now

It is worth paying for a professional!
 
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If Apple is for the right to repair, that can only mean that Apple hopes that its rivals will have a harder time implementing it.
 
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