> Sure - then Apple should be forced to provide those parts at reasonable prices.
Is there any product you wouldn’t want to apply price controls to, or force people to make? How are you singling out one company?
> You want me to only use an "official" battery? Then you can sell me an Apple one for the same price as a knock-off.
This makes no sense.
Knocks offs are cheaper because they didn’t invest in R&D, don’t have to be in compliance with global regulations, can make use of lower standard parts, and don’t have Apple’s warranty. Their suppliers also have zero interest in protecting you from supply chain attacks.
In terms of "right to repair", Apple is a big offender, and the top one people think of - that's the reason I was singling them out.
And no, I don't think we should force a company to sell a product for a particular price, or keep making it - unless they don't allow generic parts to work in their devices. That's my suggestion - Apple can give consumers the "right to repair" (and compete on all those features you mention with their first-party parts) or they can suffer the penalties (which is my suggestion for a company unwilling to allow repairs of their devices).
Think of it in terms of cars - if you bought a Honda car, would it be acceptable for it to not start if you put the "wrong brand" of tires on it?
What? They're a huge company that makes it notably difficult/expensive/impossible to repair their products. Have you been following 'right to repair' stuff at all?
> Computers are really not like cars...
In what important way? I'm making the case that both should be repairable.
> ...If tires were vulnerable to supply chain attacks, then not only would it be acceptable, some customers would demand it.
Those customers always have the option of not repairing the device, or going directly to the manufacturer, or whatever. That's fine. But guess what, most people (rightfully) don't care that much about supply chain attacks, because they're not targets, or the risk is infinitesimal. They should have the right to repair their device.
Is there any product you wouldn’t want to apply price controls to, or force people to make? How are you singling out one company?
> You want me to only use an "official" battery? Then you can sell me an Apple one for the same price as a knock-off.
This makes no sense.
Knocks offs are cheaper because they didn’t invest in R&D, don’t have to be in compliance with global regulations, can make use of lower standard parts, and don’t have Apple’s warranty. Their suppliers also have zero interest in protecting you from supply chain attacks.