"I Tried Apple’s Self-Repair Program With My iPhone. Disaster Ensued." - Times

[GGD]

decay wrote:
I was working on a white plastic Macbook Core 2 Duo (2008) and I remembered how easy it was to replace the internal hard drive, RAM, and battery.

And that (starting with the 2006 FW-400 MacBook) seemed to be a deliberate design reaction to the White iBooks that preceded it. I recall one of the white iMacs (G5?) was also designed to be easy to service.

[mattkime]

I replaced a screen on my iphone 7 but managed to bend the metal portion and it was never the same. Sure, it was a dumb mistake but it showed me that apparently subtle changes in technique might affect the structural integrity of the phone. I don't think I'll try that again.

[Yoyodyne ArtWorks]

I suspect this whole scheme was cooked up Apple lawyers to satisfy Right to Repair laws. Nothing to see here…

[$tevie]

Acer wrote:
The right to repair should not be about access to ridiculously specialized tools. It should be about design decisions that don't require ridiculously specialized tools where they can be avoided.

Thank you, yes.

[RgrF]

Apple has always discouraged customer looking under the hood, remember the McCracker? I think I may still have one stuck away somewhere.

[GGD]

RgrF wrote:
Apple has always discouraged customer looking under the hood, remember the McCracker? I think I may still have one stuck away somewhere.

That was also the first time I ever heard of a Torx screw. And of course you needed a driver with an extra long shaft to reach them.

So, the history of "special tools" does go all the way back to the 1984 Mac.