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The whole point is that it’s worth open sourcing to promote rights to repair and fix Apple’s deficiencies. This only makes sense in context of Apple being a shitty company, as otherwise it would have no point.
It’s like nicotine patches, they would have no utility if the tobacco industry didn’t get a whole lot of people addicted to something that kills them.
A tax based on the environmental and municipal cost of disposalble electronics applied to products based on total waste and life span would be nice. A little afraid of regulatory capture that companies like apple could afford on a bill like though.
The EU is actually moving in that direction, except not through tax subsidies, but straight up regulatory requirements. User-replaceable batteries will be a strict requirement in 5 years for example. I’ve seen something similar with right-to-repair stuff, but I don’t really remember where that is.
The whole point is that it’s worth open sourcing to promote rights to repair and fix Apple’s deficiencies. This only makes sense in context of Apple being a shitty company, as otherwise it would have no point.
It’s like nicotine patches, they would have no utility if the tobacco industry didn’t get a whole lot of people addicted to something that kills them.
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A tax based on the environmental and municipal cost of disposalble electronics applied to products based on total waste and life span would be nice. A little afraid of regulatory capture that companies like apple could afford on a bill like though.
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The EU is actually moving in that direction, except not through tax subsidies, but straight up regulatory requirements. User-replaceable batteries will be a strict requirement in 5 years for example. I’ve seen something similar with right-to-repair stuff, but I don’t really remember where that is.