Apple has been complying to an extent by forcing people to buy replacement parts from them and only them.
YouTubers have shown that when you take two identical iPhones and try to take one part out of one and put it into another iPhone, the iPhone will behave strangely. For example, replacing a front facing camera could disable FaceID, despite the fact that it is a legitimate Apple camera designed and coming from an identical iPhone.
So you will be unable to take your friend’s broke iPhone 13 Pro to repair your iPhone 13 Pro, despite them being exactly the same, even with the same outer color. You will need to go through Apple for your repair parts.
Apple likely has lobbied to keep this in place and will support legislation that includes this clause that allows them to continue this practice. So technically, yeah, you can repair at home but you still need to buy the replacement parts from Apple.
iFixit noted yesterday, “Though the bill is strong and should make repairs more available for everyone, it allows manufacturers to continue to engage in parts pairing, a practice by which they limit repairs with software blocks. They can also combine parts into expensive assemblies, which makes repairs more expensive.”
Similarly doubt there’s any way to legislate against the dismal engineering that tempts a failure avalanche like the Ford F150 taillight horrorshow I posted a few days ago.
This has been the issue with similar laws for automotive parts. Technically by law they have to make parts available for 10 years iirc. However, they don’t have to make them affordable.
Apple has been complying to an extent by forcing people to buy replacement parts from them and only them.
YouTubers have shown that when you take two identical iPhones and try to take one part out of one and put it into another iPhone, the iPhone will behave strangely. For example, replacing a front facing camera could disable FaceID, despite the fact that it is a legitimate Apple camera designed and coming from an identical iPhone.
So you will be unable to take your friend’s broke iPhone 13 Pro to repair your iPhone 13 Pro, despite them being exactly the same, even with the same outer color. You will need to go through Apple for your repair parts.
Apple likely has lobbied to keep this in place and will support legislation that includes this clause that allows them to continue this practice. So technically, yeah, you can repair at home but you still need to buy the replacement parts from Apple.
iFixit noted yesterday, “Though the bill is strong and should make repairs more available for everyone, it allows manufacturers to continue to engage in parts pairing, a practice by which they limit repairs with software blocks. They can also combine parts into expensive assemblies, which makes repairs more expensive.”
Similarly doubt there’s any way to legislate against the dismal engineering that tempts a failure avalanche like the Ford F150 taillight horrorshow I posted a few days ago.
This has been the issue with similar laws for automotive parts. Technically by law they have to make parts available for 10 years iirc. However, they don’t have to make them affordable.