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Public Interest Research Group grades laptop and cell phone repairability.
Apple received a D-minus for phone repairability and a C-minus for laptop repairability from PIRG.
KEY POINTS
- PIRG penalized companies for membership in TechNet or CTA, which oppose right-to-repair laws.
- Apple and Samsung scored low partly because their phones guarantee software updates for only five years.
- Apple extended Activation Lock to individual parts, potentially stranding functional components from repair.
- Lenovo still fails to fully comply with France's repair score disclosure requirements after multiple years.
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