arstechnica Europeans gain access to Apple parts, manuals in Self Service Repair program

[bonami2]

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As of Tuesday, Apple's Self Service Repair program is now available in eight European countries. It launched in the United States in April, with promises from the company to expand to other countries by the end of the year.

The countries included in this rollout are Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.

The program allows individual customers to purchase the same repair manuals, parts, and tools that Apple uses to perform repairs. Two hundred individual parts and tools are available through Apple's Self Service Repair Store. In addition to buying the parts, customers can rent repair kits for 54.90 euros with free shipping.

Apple claims that each part "is designed and engineered for each product and goes through extensive testing to ensure the highest quality, safety, and reliability" and that they are offered to users at the same price that Apple's authorized repair providers pay.

 

Europeans gain access to Apple parts, manuals in Self Service Repair program

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The countries: Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, Sweden, and the UK.

 

[ThatDudeFishing]

Most parts are close to same cost as buying a new device. You can't just buy a screen, you have to buy the whole assembly. They don't provide schematics or individual ICs like backlight driver or charge chips. This is just PR nonsense.

[ENTERPRISE]

This is a step in the right direction but ultimately apple still controls how the parts are supplied, which is still the issue. 

[bonami2]

At least it moving forward. Next is car. Make them easy to repair!