“Further, the bill has a component that prevents manufacturers from being required to make tools, parts, and documentation available for any component that would disable or override antitheft security measures, which would encompass features like Face ID.”
All Apple has to do is claim that some part is security-sensitive and they don’t have to make it available. Or they can part things together in a “package” and only make that available. Need a $1 chip? Tough, you have to buy the screen sub assembly that costs $750.
They either managed to guarantee that the law won’t pass or they found a loophole
Indeed… apple have spent a lot of time engineering their phones so you can’t replace parts. Even batteries are coded to the phone.
I can’t see them reversing that.
Go to the latest video on Louis Rossmann’s channel. Check the comment section, they found a loophole
“Further, the bill has a component that prevents manufacturers from being required to make tools, parts, and documentation available for any component that would disable or override antitheft security measures, which would encompass features like Face ID.”
All Apple has to do is claim that some part is security-sensitive and they don’t have to make it available. Or they can part things together in a “package” and only make that available. Need a $1 chip? Tough, you have to buy the screen sub assembly that costs $750.
I only see comments claiming they found a loophole and the move was anticompetitive so smaller manufacturers break down.
No sources.