Internal Documents Show Apple Is Capable of Implementing Right to Repair Legislation

A leaked internal document outlines a program that looks almost exactly like the requirements of right to repair legislation that has been proposed in 20 states. From a report: As Apple continues to fight legislation that would make it easier for consumers to repair their iPhones, MacBooks, and other electronics, the company appears to be able to implement many of the requirements of the legislation, according to an internal presentation obtained by Motherboard. According to the presentation, titled 'Apple Genuine Parts Repair' and dated April 2018, the company has begun to give some repair companies access to Apple diagnostic software, a wide variety of genuine Apple repair parts, repair training, and notably places no restrictions on the types of repairs that independent companies are allowed to do. The presentation notes that repair companies can 'keep doing what you're doing, with... Apple genuine parts, reliable parts supply, and Apple process and training.'

This is, broadly speaking, what right to repair activists have been asking state legislators to require companies to offer for years. 'This looks to me like a framework for complying with right to repair legislation,' Kyle Wiens, CEO of iFixit and a prominent member of the right to repair movement, told me on the phone. 'Right now, they are only offering it to a few megachains, but it seems clear to me that it would be totally possible to comply with right to repair.'

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