No surprises here. Just like the lockdown on iPhone screen and part replacements, Macbooks suffer from the same Apple’s anti-repair and anti-consumer bullshit. Battery glued, ssd soldered in and can’t even swap parts with other official parts. 6000$ laptop and you don’t even own it.

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    1 year ago

    10? That’s one way to discourage competition from new companies.

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      1 year ago

      How is that?

      As it is, that same argument was used by Apple to try to dodge from complying with the demand for having an industry standard for data and charge port/cable - the USB-C.

      Planned obsolescence is a thing. Having law put in place to curb it is a good thing.

      If you know you can buy something and you know that something will be repairable at least for a decade, it passes confidence to the end user.

      Competition is welcome. Innovation as well. Legislation like this just means companies need to share standards and cooperate more and not aim to skin the client in an endless cycle of replacing expensive items that get thrown out before they are worn out.