<story><title>Apple Shipped Me a 79-Pound iPhone Repair Kit to Fix a 1.1-Ounce Battery</title><url>https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/21/23079058/apple-self-service-iphone-repair-kit-hands-on</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Aeolun</author><text>I think the EU is generally better at designing it’s regulations to avoid exactly this problem.&lt;p&gt;Probably something to the extend of “tools to repair must be found in any general DIY store”.</text></item><item><author>srvmshr</author><text>If made to fulfill the word of the law without actually having to follow it in spirit, this would be my modus operandi too.&lt;p&gt;By designing $1200 deposit, $49 rental &amp;amp; two Pelican suitcases of tools and manuals, while keeping the battery replacement price same at $69 (what you&amp;#x27;d normally pay in total at Store), they have entirely disincentivized self-repair without actually breaking any law.&lt;p&gt;Masterstroke &amp;#x2F;s</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Macha</author><text>At the same time, it means Americans often complain about EU regulations as being too vague as overly specific ones are too prone to workarounds. See much of the discussion about GDPR where it&amp;#x27;s clear many of the complainers just want to task their lawyers to find the right magic loophole clause to put in their ToS to avoid doing any of it, and get frustrated when the law is intended to avoid that exact behaviour</text></comment>
<story><title>Apple Shipped Me a 79-Pound iPhone Repair Kit to Fix a 1.1-Ounce Battery</title><url>https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/21/23079058/apple-self-service-iphone-repair-kit-hands-on</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Aeolun</author><text>I think the EU is generally better at designing it’s regulations to avoid exactly this problem.&lt;p&gt;Probably something to the extend of “tools to repair must be found in any general DIY store”.</text></item><item><author>srvmshr</author><text>If made to fulfill the word of the law without actually having to follow it in spirit, this would be my modus operandi too.&lt;p&gt;By designing $1200 deposit, $49 rental &amp;amp; two Pelican suitcases of tools and manuals, while keeping the battery replacement price same at $69 (what you&amp;#x27;d normally pay in total at Store), they have entirely disincentivized self-repair without actually breaking any law.&lt;p&gt;Masterstroke &amp;#x2F;s</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>srvmshr</author><text>I think, barring the USB-C issue which is more supportive of industry wide efforts to standardize and reduce e-waste, you cannot by any legal instrument force an equipment manufacturer to stick to certain parts or boiler plate designs, which can be seen as harming their competitiveness.&lt;p&gt;This argument can be construed by Apple lawyers as exerting unfavorable judicial bias to downgrade&amp;#x2F;bottleneck technical capabilities, which Apple would have otherwise provided to its customers &amp;amp; claim significant advantage over competition in offering their products.&lt;p&gt;EU or not, such regulation will be dead fish in water unless smartly crafted.</text></comment>