I made a similar comment on the story about apple and right to repair. Although I think this is interesting and has potential, the trust and absolute statements in their reporting worries me greatly.

As a journalist, your job is to inform and question. They don't seem to be questioning.

In their apple article on apple support RTR, they write, "This is a landmark shift in policy from Apple." [1]

It's not. They have played this game before; creating RTR "friendly" programs and then forcing signing of strict NDAs, and requirements that leave repair shops worse then they would without the program. [2-5]

Also, "It means, effectively, that consumers have won". Wow, I have never heard that before, only for it to fail or be false. Remind you of the New York bill which was kneecapped at "last minute by Gov. Kathy Hochul"? [6]

1: https://www.404media.co/apple-endorses-california-right-to-r...

2: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/may/18/we-are-lo...

3: https://www.howtogeek.com/894168/apples-self-repair-program-...

4: https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjdjnv/apples-independent-re... (ironically from vice, lol)

5: https://www.theregister.com/2022/04/28/apple_selfservice_sla...

6: https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7gdwb/new-yorks-right-to-re...