Apple taken to court for 'refusing to fix devices'

Found on BBC News on Thursday, 06 April 2017
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It alleges that Apple made "false, misleading, or deceptive representations" about consumers' rights under Australian law.

ACCC chairman Rod Sims said: "Consumer guarantee rights under the Australian Consumer Law exist independently of any manufacturer's warranty and are not extinguished simply because a consumer has goods repaired by a third party."

Or just make the devices easy to repair; but then Apple would not sell so many new devices because customers could repair or even upgrade them for a lower price by a third party.