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		kalleboo on Jan 24, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple dials back car's self-driving features and d... They have a program for independent repair companies. It doesn't pass Louis Rossmann's bar since it doesn't let him do board-level repair, but none of the "fix your screen/replace your battery" shops I've ever seen do that anyway, so it would be fine for them.

Wingman4l7 on Jan 24, 2024 [–]

The program is still BS, and was only even done solely to head off Right-to-Repair legislation which was not going Apple's way.

Board-level repair is pretty crucial for data recovery when the hardware manufacturer insists on soldering the solid-state storage to the motherboard.

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