"While Lenovo has improved somewhat with their compliance with French consumer law by providing more repair score PDFs on their website, we urge the company to resolve this multi-year issue."
"PIRG's report concluded that laptops are pretty stagnant in terms of repairability across many of the eight most popular laptop brands in the US."
"Apple made progress in phone repairability by moving away from parts pairing, but third-party Face ID replacements still don't work."
"Apple extended its Activation Lock anti-theft feature to individual parts, which repair advocates warn will strand large numbers of perfectly functional components."
Lenovo has made some progress in complying with French consumer law by providing more repair score PDFs. However, laptop repairability is stagnant among popular brands. Consumer access to parts and tools has improved, but disassembly ease takes longer to enhance. PIRG's phone repairability scores are based on EPREL criteria, highlighting low scores for Apple and Samsung due to limited update guarantees. Apple has made strides in phone repairability but still faces issues with parts pairing and software restrictions, impacting the repair ecosystem.
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