Apple has made some timid overtures of late, not only by allowing access to some of its services through devices made by third parties, such as Apple TV, but also by allowing, like other technology companies, that users who wish to do so can carry out repairs themselves.
At this point we must talk about the Self Service Repair program, which arrived in the United States last April to initially enable mobile self-repairs, making available to those interested both the original parts and the manuals that facilitate the operation.
At the beginning of this same month of December, this program reached other company products, precisely the MacBook Air with the M1 processor, the MacBook Pro with the M1 processor, the iPhone SE and the iPhone 12 and 13.
It also expanded to eight European markets, including Spain. Now, the Self Service Repair program is expanded to support more devices, but only for users in the United States, leaving users in the eight European markets on the sidelines, at least for now.
The new devices supported now by the Self Service Repair program are the Mac Studio, Mac mini with M1 processor, iMac with M1 processor, and the Studio Display.
curiously the pattern of supporting self-repairs for desktop computers with Apple processors is repeated, leaving computers with Intel asidefor which users with prolrmas will still have to go to official Apple stores and stores with Apple-certified technical support as the only option.
In this way, Apple faces the complaints of critics with the company for its business model, in which until very recently, all aspects were controlled by Apple, leaving the user with hardly any options outside of its ecosystem.
We’ll see if with the new regulations, especially in the EU, Apple is forced to be a more open company to users who purchase their equipment and devices, and not only because of the possible obligation to enable self-replacement of batteries, but also the interoperability of services like iMessage.
Via: ArsTechnica
