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2y ago

The EU forced Apple to allow users to replace their own batteries, Apple did so by making the process as troublesome for users as possible.

www.ifixit.com How Apple’s Self-Repair Program Is Engineered To Fail: Repair Roundup, Week of May 23 | iFixit News

One month after Apple pulled the covers off its Self Service Repair program people wonder if it is engineered to fail.

How Apple’s Self-Repair Program Is Engineered To Fail: Repair Roundup, Week of May 23 | iFixit News

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The EU regulation is not in force yet. I doubt Apple's current solution is in accordance to the new regulations despite the title making it seem as if Apple successfully sidestepped it.
Another user in the thread incorrectly thinks Apple's current port has also circumvented the USB-C port requirement with it's current port.
While regulations can be circumvented (sometimes by design) there is no benefit in a defeatist attitude where Apple (and other corps) are inevitably going to defeat customer protections.
- The EU generally operates under the principle of the "spirit of the law," while in the US, courts typically operate under the principles of the "letter of the law." The EU will not take kindly to attempts to skirt the spirit of the law, and their penalties have teeth.
  
  So lucky that we have the European Union taking stand against corporations where the US failed miserably to keep them in check since Reagan.
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  Hey, Brazil has been trying to do the same for a while. We just need a while to kick out leeching CIA puppets from positions of power.
- exactly - the port law enters into effect next fall for all new models introduced after. Apple has iPhone 15 and 16 to comply. EU likes for their big industry actions to come on reaaaaaly slow ... partly as a defense against the industry arguing they did not have time to prepare

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