[Nullabillity]

As you say, it's much easier for Apple to roll back these voluntary measures once the pressure dies down. Proper legislation would help prevent that.

[ericmay]

But that’s assuming Apple doesn’t want to have people repair their own equipment - it would contradict their sustainability mission that they loudly espouse and take action on.

Like why would they do this, if they didn’t want to, and then roll it all back? It would just bring legislation up again. It seems like a lot of work just to “trick you”.