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0 pointsOkawari5y ago0 comments

Devices being easy or difficult to repair is not really the crux of right to repair. It's more about people being empowered to be able to fix them should they have the skill to do so.

I'm only following the subject casually so I might be biased to have incomplete information but apple is seemingly worse that it's peers when it comes to repairability.

A quick Google search takes me to a page where Samsung lists official resellers of parts for their devices. The selection wasn't great but as far as I know apple doesn't do even that. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Apple has been in litigation in my country trying to block a independent repairer from procuring parts(think it was refurbished original screens).

I haven't heard of any Android phone manufacturers serial linking parts the same way apple has. At least not to the same extent.

TBH, I think most of the smartphone manufacturers are worse than Idd want them to be, but I definitely think Apple is among if not the worst of them when it comes to repairability

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aduitsis5y ago

Point 100% taken on the matter of having the right to repair and procure spare parts. Here in the EU, I hear there is a major push to introduce some meaningful legislation to establish requirement, definitely right direction.

Comparing Samsung with Apple is interesting, because Samsung is very competitive and will come to your door (so to speak) to sell its products, which I respect very deeply. In my country, Samsung official service is top, better than Apple probably. I've been able to go to the service unannounced, ask for a battery replacement, go for a coffee and come get my device back after an hour. For computers, Dell also has a very respectable name, to the point where people will prefer Dell solely because of this. But below that level, chaos really, you have to go and order parts from ebay most of the times.

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