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by vntx 1708 days ago
Doing this is great marketing for them. Companies like Apple are insistent on locking down their hardware. Microsoft could use this as a marketing tactic to say how they’re environmentally friendly and shit on the other tech companies. It would generate goodwill, and allow them to push their proprietary services on their hardware more easily since people can maintain it longer.
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Hard agree. Microsoft going for Right to Repair hurts Apple’s hardware position, just like Apple’s privacy position hurts Google.