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That doesnt sound very environmentally responsible!
That's the fundamental problem that "right to repair" doesn't solve: new devices are turned out on production lines by robots and cheap labour (often in countries with lower wages than the target market) - repairs are labour-intensive, need to be done locally, and expensive (even when the makers don't gouge for parts) and look like poor value for money compared with getting a shiny new, latest model device.

If you want to be "environmentally friendly" make your device last for 5 years+ and put up with the cost of repairs (and learn not to drop it - they're actually pretty reliable). Or make "repairability" a bigger priority when buying new stuff.

"Right to repair" might have an indirect effect by encouraging makers to avoid some of the more blatant repair-hostile design choices - and some of the iFixit teardowns of recent Apple products do show a trend towards better repairability. The repair guides might also be useful for anybody who wants to start a repair business... but if we want easy to repair devices, that can be serviced with a couple of screwdrivers, we're going to have to wean ourselves off the sort of extreme thin & light designs we've become useful.

I'm sure that "Planned Obsolescence" is a factor, but the primary reason that we get glued-together devices, keyboards riveted into cases etc. is that screws take up more space and add more thickness. Want a detachable battery like the good old days? Well, you need space and weight for clips or hatches, and the battery needs its own rigid case (because people are going to carry them around loose)...

It's not that a repairable device has to be a brick - devices like the Framework laptop and some recent HP models show that you can make practical devices with easily replaceable parts - but they lack the sleekness of their less-fixable competitors and make other sacrifices (like no LPDDR RAM, and less battery capacity that could otherwise be crammed into the space).
 
You don't need Apple's tools. The iFixit stuff is doing just fine. ;)
We did 2 iPad 12.9 and 3 iPhone SEs with ifixit batteries. None lasted as long as the original and one expanded and had to be replaced again (free cross shipped battery).
 
That's the fundamental problem that "right to repair" doesn't solve: new devices are turned out on production lines by robots and cheap labour (often in countries with lower wages than the target market) - repairs are labour-intensive, need to be done locally, and expensive (even when the makers don't gouge for parts) and look like poor value for money compared with getting a shiny new, latest model device.

If you want to be "environmentally friendly" make your device last for 5 years+ and put up with the cost of repairs (and learn not to drop it - they're actually pretty reliable). Or make "repairability" a bigger priority when buying new stuff.

"Right to repair" might have an indirect effect by encouraging makers to avoid some of the more blatant repair-hostile design choices - and some of the iFixit teardowns of recent Apple products do show a trend towards better repairability. The repair guides might also be useful for anybody who wants to start a repair business... but if we want easy to repair devices, that can be serviced with a couple of screwdrivers, we're going to have to wean ourselves off the sort of extreme thin & light designs we've become useful.

I'm sure that "Planned Obsolescence" is a factor, but the primary reason that we get glued-together devices, keyboards riveted into cases etc. is that screws take up more space and add more thickness. Want a detachable battery like the good old days? Well, you need space and weight for clips or hatches, and the battery needs its own rigid case (because people are going to carry them around loose)...

It's not that a repairable device has to be a brick - devices like the Framework laptop and some recent HP models show that you can make practical devices with easily replaceable parts - but they lack the sleekness of their less-fixable competitors and make other sacrifices (like no LPDDR RAM, and less battery capacity that could otherwise be crammed into the space).
Right to repair generally means replace your own battery. The phones are easy. Big iPads, not so much without special equipment. As you pull the screen off the adhesive it bends easily because it is super thin. We keep our phones for 3+ years (tech changes quicker on phones and batteries don’t last as long) and iPads/desktops for 5-10 years.
 
but but parts are too expensive, can i replace the processors with a made in china one that i can buy for $5 ?
Can i replace Face ID hardware for $2 ?
 
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It is a known fact that even using genuine Apple parts, unless they are paired with the phone using a proprietary software from Apple, they won't work properly. Are these self repair kits come with the necessary software as well?
 
They're obeying to the Right to Repair demands in various countries, but by making the solution so absurd, people will just end up going to Apple and pay them to do the repairs.
What is absurd about it?

The tools aren’t mandatory. You can just get the parts without hiring or buying the equipment and use your own tools.

Which I think is all that anybody was asking for. Spare parts.

Apple went above and beyond and offered their workshop tools too for anybody that wants to do it the same as they do. Now people are freaking out about apple offering more than they needed to.
 
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It is a known fact that even using genuine Apple parts, unless they are paired with the phone using a proprietary software from Apple, they won't work properly. Are these self repair kits come with the necessary software as well?
You call apple with your serial number, and part order number and they register the parts to your device.

The process is well documented.
 
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Stop misquoting me... I wrote "You don't need Apple's tools. The iFixit stuff is doing just fine."
How is quoting your words misquoting you? Stuff includes the tools and the actual parts they sell. If you meant tools only, then say iFixit tools.
 
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