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Apple's Independent Repair Program is a useless PR stunt.

Louis Rossmann argues that Apple's Independent Repair Program is a PR stunt that misleads the public and burdens independent repair shops. He discusses parts access restrictions and program limits.

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Why HN readers recommended it

HN commenters recommend it as an insider account from a repair shop owner of why Apple's repair program falls short of real right to repair.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
Louis Rossmann
Topic
right to repair
Format
commentary
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
3
HN mentions in dataset
6
Recommendation years in dataset
2020–2021

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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  • The independent repair program is bullshit and is just a marketing move to try to appear good and avoid regulation being passed. Louis Rossmann (a popular unauthorized repair shop owner) explains it: [VIDEO]

    Nextgrid on Hacker News · 2020-07
    In Apple Lightning

  • The independent repair program is designed to destroy independent repair businesses and mislead people in the process. It forces their customers to wait 1-2 weeks for any repair (even just a battery replacement) after being forced to provide their personal identifying information, and even then, …

    mehrdadn on Hacker News · 2020-08
    In Apple expands independent repair program to Mac after US antitrust investigation

  • If you’ve got 16 minutes, listen to Louis Rossmann describe how much of a joke it is: [VIDEO] The short version is that Apple (a) does not let those stores order components in bulk, which means 2+ week turnaround on a repair that an independent …

    Kwpolska on Hacker News · 2020-10
    In Is This the End of the Repairable iPhone?

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