QUESTION = what the Right to Repair fight is about with Apple? GENERATION = Apple has made it illegal for their employees to repair any of their products. This makes it impossible for their employees to be the ones who buy their products and then repair them. They want to prevent this from happening because Apple believes that by requiring their employees to repair their products, they will encourage them to be more conscientious and be more attentive in the future, which will encourage their employees to make more money in the future. Apple believes that this will make them more money in the future, which will encourage them to make more money in the future, and so on. Apple has a few different kinds of lawsuits against this law. One is that Apple's employees have made it illegal for their employees to repair their products. This makes it illegal for their employees to repair their products, and so on. Another is that Apple's employees have made it illegal for their employees to repair their products. This makes it illegal for their employees to repair their products, and so on. Apple's lawyers have made it illegal for Apple's employees to sue Apple for the damages they caused. This makes it illegal for Apple's employees to sue Apple for the damages they caused. This makes it illegal for Apple's employees to sue Apple for the damages they caused. RETRIEVAL #0 = Electronics right to repair---Act in 2014, which repealed a ruling made by the United States Copyright Office that otherwise prevented consumers from unlocking their cell phones. TRA worked with four states - South Dakota, New York, Minnesota, and Massachusetts - to introduce "Right to Repair" laws in those states between 2014 and 2016, which would require OEMs to provide the required information and documentation for consumers and third-party repair shops to repair their products. While New York introduced its bill in February 2015, it did not see much progression by the last month it was up for consideration in the New York State Senate, and failed to pass. It was discovered that Apple had lobbied against the bill's passage. The company had similarly lobbied to stop the Massachusetts bill. In California, state representative Susan Eggman attempted to introduce similar legislation for the state in early 2019, but was forced to pull the bill after companies like Apple and trade groups like CompTIA and Entertainment Software Association lobbied other lawmakers to assure such a bill would not pass, arguing that such "right to repair" bills could lead to people injuring themselves while trying to repair their own electronics, and for hackers to insert vunerabilities into repaired devices to affect a user's privacy and security. Section::::History.:Right to repair movement. With knowledge that companies like Apple were fighting these RETRIEVAL #1 = Electronics right to repair---let the feature work as intended) in a iOS update. And to obtain service to replace batteries in out-of-warranty phones for a reduced cost of service ( compared to ). However, the "right to repair" movement pointed out that such a scenario could have been handled if Apple allowed consumers to purchase third-party batteries and possess the instructions to replace it at lower cost to the consumer. With new state Congressional terms at the start of 2018, seventeen states had introduced right-to-repair legislation by mid-January 2018; California joined in with their own state bill introduced in March. In response, by February 2018, the Association of Equipment Manufacturers and the Equipment Dealers Association, representing most of the major agricultural equipment manufacturers, agreed to a similar memorandum as the automotive industry to provide comprehensive information for their farming equipment to users by model year 2021. However, in September 2018, the Far West Equipment Dealers Association reached a compromise with the California Farm Bureau with a version of this memorandum that while equipment manufacturers will provide manuals, product guides, and diagnostic tools to interface with on-board software, thus allowing famers to make physical repairs, this does not extend to any of the actual software or computerized systems on the equipment. The Association asserts that they need to prevent unauthorized access to software to prevent users from RETRIEVAL #2 = Right to Repair---Right to Repair Right to Repair may refer to BULLET::::- United States federal and state legislation concerning Motor Vehicle Owners' Rights to Repair BULLET::::- United States state legislation concerned with the right to repair consumer electronics BULLET::::- A consumer's right to repair or replacement of defective goods under the UK Consumer Rights Act 2015 RETRIEVAL #3 = Electronics right to repair---Electronics right to repair The right to repair electronics refers to government legislation that is intended to allow consumers the ability to repair and modify their own consumer electronic devices, where otherwise the manufacturer of such devices require the consumer to use only their offered services or void the product's warranty. Section::::History. Section::::History.:Background. The right to repair concept has generally come from the United States. Within the automotive industry, Massachusetts passed the United States' first Motor Vehicle Owners' Right to Repair Act in 2012, which required automobile manufacturers to provide the necessary documents and information to allow anyone to repair their vehicles. While not passed at the federal level, the major automobile trade organizations signed a memorandum to agree to abide by Massachusetts' law in all fifty states starting in the 2018 automotive year. Inspired by this approach, the Digital Right to Repair Coalition (DRRC), of whom later changed their title to The Repair Association (TRA), was founded in 2013 to carry the same principles to electronics. Section::::History.:Attempted legislation. With consumer electronics becoming increasingly more complex, many electronics manufacturers have instituted systems whereby the only means to repair a device or obtain repair parts would be through one of their authorized vendors or original equipment manufacturers (OEM). For example RETRIEVAL #4 = Electronics right to repair---manners and to protect any software IP on the equipment, stating that the right to repair is not to be taken as a right for software abstraction. As the California Farm Bureau has agreed to the Association's terms, it is unlikely that any right to repair legislation in California will include farm equipment. In April 2018, the Federal Trade Commission sent notice to six automobile, consumer electronics, and video game console manufacturers, later revealed through a Freedom of Information Act request to be Hyundai, Asus, HTC, Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo, stating that their warranty practices may violate the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act. The FTC specifically identified that informing consumers that warranties are voided if they break a warranty sticker or seal on the unit's packaging, use third-party replacement parts, or use third-party repair services is a deceptive practice, as these terms are only valid if the manufacturer provides free warranty service or replacement parts. Both Sony and Nintendo released updated warranty statements following this notice. In April 2018, US Public Interest Research Group issued a statement defending Eric Lundgren over his sentencing for creating the ‘restore disks’ to extend the life of computers. The Library of Congress, as part of its three-year review of exemptions to the DMCA, approved an RETRIEVAL #5 = Apple Inc.---Protection Commission in Ireland also launched a privacy investigation to examine whether Apple complied with the EU's GDPR law following an investigation into how the company processes personal data with targeted ads on its platform. In July 2019, following a campaign by the "right to repair" movement, challenging Apple’s tech repair restrictions on devices, the FTC held a workshop to establish the framework of a future nationwide Right to Repair rule. The movement argues Apple is preventing consumers from legitimately fixing their devices at local repair shops which is having a negative impact on consumers. The Department of Justice also began a review of big tech firms to establish whether they could be unlawfully stifling competition in a broad antitrust probe in 2019. Section::::See also. BULLET::::- Apple media events BULLET::::- Pixar RETRIEVAL #6 = Repair permissions---Repair permissions Repairing disk permissions is a troubleshooting activity commonly associated with the macOS operating system by Apple. The efficacy of repairing permissions to troubleshoot application errors has been debated. Section::::Overview. The BSD layer in macOS is responsible for file-system security, including the management of the Unix (POSIX) permissions model. Applications depend on the correct assignment and interpretation of permissions in order to function properly. Repairing permissions involves checking the permissions of a set of files and folders on a volume with macOS installed against a list of correct POSIX permissions and correcting any discrepancies. The list of correct permissions is compiled by consulting the various bill-of-materials (.bom) files. Typically, these files are stored within reduced-size Installer package (.pkg) files in the Receipts folder in the local Library directory (/Library/Receipts) on the volume being checked. Whenever a user installs software that uses the macOS Installer package format, a bill-of-materials file is created which can be consulted for future permission repair. Files whose permissions have been incorrectly altered by an administrator, an administrator operating with root privileges, or a poorly designed installer package (installed with similar privileges) can cause a wide array of problems ranging from application errors to the