Apple's independent repair announcement

So someone in a more desolate area of the country or world won’t have the access to the parts then?

This only serves denser areas which have the population to support a repair shop and have a business district.

This is too limiting! If they base it on location and the population of the 50 or so miles from the business address and bias it so smaller less dense areas are able to get a waiver from Apple, then, I can see this as a more possible solution.

This still prevents the owner of his/her own device access to the needed support documentation, tools or parts as you’ve noted Kyle.

I also wonder how many needed custom tools Apple demands will cost a small shop. I can see Apple going over-board building overly complex Rube Goldberg tools or machines just to force independent shops out in a year or two.

There is still the issue of knocking out all of the parts suppliers! While Apple may not like it, salvaging parts from parts (dead) systems is still some of the only ways to get the needed parts to fix a system. Apple has made it clear they want sub-assembly level repair not component level. I’m talking about Resistors, Capacitors, MOSFET’s, and similar level of parts (not programed parts). This also means less re-use as time goes on, and adds more waste back into the still growing piles of E-Waste!

Then what happens if the Right to Repair law hasn’t been accepted country wide (or world wide)? Apple could change its tune once again!

I don’t think we can let up on pushing forward here. And yes! The dial is moving in the correct direction, it just needs to move more!

@kyle is there anyway to have a proper private sit-down with someone at Apple to deal with the details on what it really needed. Ideally, also meeting up with other vendors as well. There has to be a way to deal with their concerns without the handcuffs.