<story><title>Apple launches Self Service Repair in Europe</title><url>https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2022/12/apple-launches-self-service-repair-in-europe/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>sircastor</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve been recently trying to resurrect my mom&amp;#x27;s old 2015 MacBook Air and there&amp;#x27;s a special excitement in being able to follow the clues on the logic board as to where there&amp;#x27;s a problem, and then being able to fix it.&lt;p&gt;When I was going through my father&amp;#x27;s stuff after he died, I came across a Television manual that had come with the product. It included a full schematic of the TV. Every resistor, capacitor, transistor, and diode. I marveled at the idea that the company who made this TV was more interested in your having confidence in the product than protecting their next sale...</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>kube-system</author><text>&amp;gt; I marveled at the idea that the company who made this TV was more interested in your having confidence in the product than protecting their next sale...&lt;p&gt;Because back then a TV cost an arm and a leg and they broke more often.  Being maintainable was a requirement for &lt;i&gt;the initial&lt;/i&gt; sale.</text></comment>
<story><title>Apple launches Self Service Repair in Europe</title><url>https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2022/12/apple-launches-self-service-repair-in-europe/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>sircastor</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve been recently trying to resurrect my mom&amp;#x27;s old 2015 MacBook Air and there&amp;#x27;s a special excitement in being able to follow the clues on the logic board as to where there&amp;#x27;s a problem, and then being able to fix it.&lt;p&gt;When I was going through my father&amp;#x27;s stuff after he died, I came across a Television manual that had come with the product. It included a full schematic of the TV. Every resistor, capacitor, transistor, and diode. I marveled at the idea that the company who made this TV was more interested in your having confidence in the product than protecting their next sale...</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>CharlesW</author><text>&amp;gt; &lt;i&gt;It included a full schematic of the TV.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;For you and other young &amp;#x27;uns, Apple and other early computer makers did this as well: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;downloads.reactivemicro.com&amp;#x2F;Apple%20II%20Items&amp;#x2F;Hardware&amp;#x2F;II_&amp;amp;_II+&amp;#x2F;Schematic&amp;#x2F;Apple%20II%20Schematics.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;downloads.reactivemicro.com&amp;#x2F;Apple%20II%20Items&amp;#x2F;Hardw...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>