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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1883354" data-attributes="member: 396914"><p>Not sure that is a "victory" for everyone. Right to repair sounds good but will come with some serious unintended consequences, I think. Counterfeit parts, substandard replacements, unscrupulous shops, dubious quality work, who knows what sort of mischief is out there. Does RtR mean that Apple has to make M1 SoCs available for anyone who wants to put one in their machine? RtR may motivate Apple to start putting more stuff "inside" the SoC and leave less on the logic board to be repaired. Tighter integration of components into single, very expensive and difficult to manufacture, chips to reduce what can be repaired would satisfy the "right to repair" while at the same time actually make repair more difficult and dicey. </p><p></p><p>I wonder if it is time for consumers to stop thinking about repair/modification of personal computers and start treating them as "appliances" that work or don't. And when they don't, you dispose of them responsibly and get a new one. Here is an interesting take on that: <a href="https://www.intego.com/mac-security-blog/are-we-heading-towards-a-forever-mac/" target="_blank">Are We Heading Towards a Forever Mac? - The Mac Security Blog</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1883354, member: 396914"] Not sure that is a "victory" for everyone. Right to repair sounds good but will come with some serious unintended consequences, I think. Counterfeit parts, substandard replacements, unscrupulous shops, dubious quality work, who knows what sort of mischief is out there. Does RtR mean that Apple has to make M1 SoCs available for anyone who wants to put one in their machine? RtR may motivate Apple to start putting more stuff "inside" the SoC and leave less on the logic board to be repaired. Tighter integration of components into single, very expensive and difficult to manufacture, chips to reduce what can be repaired would satisfy the "right to repair" while at the same time actually make repair more difficult and dicey. I wonder if it is time for consumers to stop thinking about repair/modification of personal computers and start treating them as "appliances" that work or don't. And when they don't, you dispose of them responsibly and get a new one. Here is an interesting take on that: [URL="https://www.intego.com/mac-security-blog/are-we-heading-towards-a-forever-mac/"]Are We Heading Towards a Forever Mac? - The Mac Security Blog[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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