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Apple will honor California's 'right to repair' rules nationwide (www.engadget.com)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So you are arguing this is to prevent some Gone in 60 Seconds like movement where Giovanni Ribisi and Scott Caan are in the wings waiting to rapidly replace a single component to sell those stolen phones before the Faraday cage bag mysteriously dissolves?

This has nothing to do with thieves. This has everything to do with keeping third parties from not being able to exist. And I should not have to explain why someone might want to buy a third party version of an apple accessory.