Steve Wozniak voices support for “right to correction” initiative

Many people do not like the fact that modern products are often essentially irreparable and failure often means the need to buy a new product. Not so long ago we talked about it in connection with waste ink tanks for printers, where there really is no reason not to allow users to replace them (in some cases it is not complicated) and to prevent them from unavailability of the spare part and SW by locking. But very often it is combined with other products, whether they are laptops, mobile phones or others (such as John Deere tractors). He addressed this issue yesterday Steve Wozniak, one of the founders of the Apple brand, which is often associated with the impossibility of repairs.
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In the video, Wozniak recalls how he repaired various products, how easily the diagrams and spare parts were available. He also mentioned the success of the Apple II, which was very open in terms of hardware and software. He raised the question of how much this openness hurt Apple and whether it was not the other way around.

One of the last sentences will definitely please many supporters of the “right of correction”. Wozniak said, “Is it your computer? Or is it the company’s computer? Think about it. It’s time to do the right thing.” Although Wozniak can be agreed on in many ways, I do not think it is always that simple and straightforward, especially when it comes to “home repairs”. At the time he is talking about, safety was not addressed in any way, as well as the waterproofness of the products, when I am not entirely sure whether to leave users free, for example, when replacing the battery of a waterproof phone. I would be quite surprised if there was no nostalgia for the fact that it flows into the phones (after an unprofessional repair).

On the contrary, for many products, these repair restrictions really make no sense. And how do you see it? Should the user have the right to repair everything and access all spare parts? And what about unauthorized services?

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