Some customers would assume that since a place did repair the phone that Apple approves of them doing so, therefor putting liability on Apple.
Any such harm coming from that phone would be first applied to Apple and Apple would have to expend money to prove otherwise.
I have no problem with allow customers to select the shop they want for out of warranty work but I am fully in the camp of manufacturers being able to provide an obvious means for shops to have certification to repair a device in warranty.
As to the idea of "Right to Repair". I work in the automotive industry and the company I work for lives by this, however by no means is it realistic that having the information, tools, and parts, would guarantee a good result for all those who undertake the work. Plus people do have an unrealistic idea of which parts would ever be replaceable. Batteries sure, but individual chips would be not be.
>Some customers would assume that since a place did repair the phone that Apple approves of them doing so, therefor putting liability on Apple.
This whole argument is that Apple should not be able to "approve" anyone from doing anything they want with the phone that they supposedly paid for and own.
>Plus people do have an unrealistic idea of which parts would ever be replaceable. Batteries sure, but individual chips would be not be.
There was a video I saw about a guy putting together his own iphone from parts in China. They can replace individual chips. But not with the DMCA.
Any such harm coming from that phone would be first applied to Apple and Apple would have to expend money to prove otherwise.
I have no problem with allow customers to select the shop they want for out of warranty work but I am fully in the camp of manufacturers being able to provide an obvious means for shops to have certification to repair a device in warranty.
As to the idea of "Right to Repair". I work in the automotive industry and the company I work for lives by this, however by no means is it realistic that having the information, tools, and parts, would guarantee a good result for all those who undertake the work. Plus people do have an unrealistic idea of which parts would ever be replaceable. Batteries sure, but individual chips would be not be.