John Deere, Apple, Sony... all of them. To a larger point with miniaturization, however, surely there is a point where third party repair might be very difficult, if not impossible.
If you have a decent car from that era like that, hang on tight to it and take care of it, and watch the value just soar over the years, because they will never make them like that again.
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2022/04/apples-self-service-r...
Possibly this was just to head off this kind of enforcement aimed their way.
As phones have matured as a product people have stopped buying them at the same pace as in early years. And so to counteract this Apple has gone heavily into services, accessories etc.
So just as Apple has increased OS support periods for phones they are much happier now for people to fix their phone and stay in the ecosystem than switch to Android.
If one human can repair it, so can other humans. They can argue “safety” all day but there is nothing magical about certification.
Not all humans are created equal.
Repairing a mechanical watch for example requires fine motor skills, decent eyesight, impeccable patience etc.
And modern day electronics are fast approaching that level of complexity.
No. What I said was that certifying someone does not give them magical abilities.
Two people who have equal motor skills, eyesight, and patience (etc) have equal ability to repair. The one without official training just has to learn through experience.