Microsoft and Apple wage war on gadget right-to-repair laws
My main complaint against right-to-repair laws is mostly to the extent that some people push for. I am not against manufacturers being forced to provide things like schematics or parts to third party repair shops. I don't think that companies like Apple should be able to decide who is allowed to or not allowed to access parts to repair their devices. I also don't think that Apple should place DRM on its parts to check in the software whether or not what is being used is a genuine part or not. A part is either within spec to work correctly or it's not.<p>I am, however, against the idea of companies being forced to design products around being easily repairable. If a company wants to make a super thin device with basically no easy way to take it apart, that's their prerogative. If a company wants to solder on components to the device like RAM or the storage or the cpu or gpu, that's their prerogative. There are tradeoffs to both approaches to designing the products and you'll find in many markets you will absolutely find many options on the market to suit your own needs or wants. The government doesn't need to be involved in this respect.