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TechCrunch Minute: Apple’s stance on right to repair changes with new iPhone policy


Apple's stance on the right to repair has now become more accommodative, with the company now supporting used parts for iPhone 15 repairs.

Modern electronics are incredibly complex, and are often built in such a way that prevents certain elements of consumer choice. Consumers having more authority over fixing their iPhones, regardless of what it is and who built it, moves some of the gravity of control to the purchaser over the manufacturer, which many will cheer. Regardless of how you view Apple’s prior stance and if it was disconsonant with its present posture — it seems that momentum has shifted in the market back towards more consumer choice, and control.

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