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Google changes repair policy after criticism of third-party parts ban

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Google changes repair policy after criticism of third-party parts ban

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Technology@lemmy.world · 11 months ago

Google previously said it would not return mailed-in devices using "unauthorized" parts.

Google previously said it would not return mailed-in devices using “unauthorized” parts.

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Google doesn’t care what end users scream about (such as YouTube ads) but I have a feeling some lawyers had an emergency meeting to explain why this was a crap idea.

I feel like this change is here to stay for a while.

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