The point is most of the car requires special knowledge and tools. To fix the dust in a lightning port is way if it’s not broken. But whether apple makes fixing an iPhone “deliberately” difficult is something we could opine on.
It may demonstrate more than that...such as building an iphone to last. We can certainly debate the intent of Apple's engineering, hence my point about deep rooted issues in modern cars being nearly impossible to diagose -- excluding things such as fixing a flat or replacing wiper blades.
Well modern cars are still fixable and diagnostic are easy to do for any mechanic.
To me apple manufacturing is top notch. Hence why I’ve seen iPhones last a long time and take some good abuse. This manufacturing means the phone is secured internally, making longevity better at the expense of repair ability.Can't agree on that at all. Mostly.
New cars I take to the dealer as I do not have the computer diagnosing expertise needed these days. Plus my days of diving into an engine bay or under a car is mostly behind me. Age does that. Tires, brakes, batteries ... that kind of stuff I still do unless I have a maintenance plan.
For Apple quality, not seeing it.
Over the years I have not seen the iPhone having better quality than Android - I buy flagship level. They (Apple) have been the costliest to fix. My biggest hardware issues have been with the iPad. When it comes to software, both OSs have issues however iOS/iPadOS is harder to fix on the user side. These days they are the same. Decent quality with decent software.
As fixing an iPhone is easy for a properly equipped repair shop.
And a person can clean the lightning port, put in a case and screen protector.
Well trying to diagnose an electrical problem with a bad circuit board or calibrating some component are impossible without the right tools. Some manufacturers like Toyota I believe require you to buy their analyzers.
For me iPhones I had 1 (also 5S) with battery issues.
Nope close to impossible as the parts are illegal to own.
Oh please that's not even comparable. Cleaning the port and putting on a screen protector would be the the equivalent of cleaning your car and putting on new wax layer on the car.
Would say I haven't heard of that. But then again it could be because it's legally required to available.
Yes, but what difference does it make whether 4% of the population wants to fix their device themselves versus 96% of people who just want a professional to do it?
The difrence is the price you get for going to the professional. You want the manufacturer to be the only ones on the block or competition who also can provide the same service
Because buisness intressts aren't democracy
I don't think anyone is rooting "for government to over-regulate things", unless you're taking about the people who want to dictate what people can and cannot do with their own bodies and make it legally compulsory to follow religion. These people DO exist. The rest of us just want a sane society that attempts to curtail the KNOWN exploitation avenues in our systems.
No I wasn't really talking about that, but that is a point.
I agree, my opinion is there are bigger fish to fry than a USB port.
Indeed.
Caring isn't pie. I think we can care about multiple things at a time without running out of room to care. Gatekeeping what is "worthy of frying" or not isn't something I'm interested in doing. I think people can judge how upset they want to be about things they know about, on an individual basis, if it's personal emotional capacities you're concerned about being burned out (like where things like doom-scrolling are concerned).
Such as what? What bigger fries exist that would occupy 100% of their attention?
Ok, WHAT DOES ME HAVING THE ABILITY TO FIX MY PHONE SAVE ME MONEY WHEN I GO TO A PROFESSIONAL BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE THE EXPERTISE OR CAPABILITY TO REPAIR MY PHONE MYSELF?
I think the governmental should worry about societal well being and yes government can run out of room to care.
If I understand you correctly, you are wondering why a professional would charge your less if Apple made the phone easier to repair at home. If Apple reduces the length of time required to make a repair, because they made it easier for someone to do at home, then the professional should charge you less money for the repair because it also takes them less time. And if one professional wont reduce their prices due to time savings, another will.
The prices have not changed in the years I have gotten professional work done. So, making it more complicated has not changed the price. Making it less complicated is not going to magically make the professional say "You know what, Apple made it easier for me to do my job. I will now charge less."
I have used the same guy to replace screens on many of our iPhones over the past ten years. He definitely has different time-driven labor costs depending on which device and which service. For example, once Apple started gluing components to the glass back, his labor costs increased when replacing a shattered back panel on those iPhones, but not when replacing a dented or scratched metal-back. Economic theory taught in school is often at odds with the real world; this not something a pseudo-intellectual will tell you.
Does it? You asked that their should be more important things for them to concentrate on? The question is still what do you think their job is? And it seems they already are taking care of more important things... Independently without it interfearing unrelated departments and fields.
How? Well if you or I can fix the phone mor easily by just having access to spare parts, then a professional person at independent stores will have an even easier time doing it better at a competitive price compared to Apple and authorized stores. And they will become better from competition.
I think you aren't listening to wider possetive effects. Suddenly 14 year old David and his friends can learn repairing phones for friends and in the future open a repair shop and offer those services. Somthing thst happens because they could learn at a younger age and actually had the ability to repair things.
Yes I think there is a lot of governmental overreach - when a governing body goes from protecting societal welfare to being a nanny and micromanaging our lives.
Just take this guy who built an iphone 6s from scratch at 300$ in parts. Somthing you can't legally do as the parts shouldn't be for sale.
No it isn't, otherwise everyone would ask the same prices apple does. But they don't because they undercut them.