new delhi apple is a firm that doesnt want any thirdparty repair shop or its users fix apple devices on its own the company according to a news report on motherboard website will be fighting the right to repair legislation in nebraska us the legislation if passed will require apple and other electronic manufacturers to sell the repair parts of their products not only to consumers but also to thirdparty repair shops it will also require companies to share their diagnostics and service manuals the legislation was proposed in eight us states including nebraska and new york city apple along with ibm has already won the case in new york city last year the report adds that the hearing at nebraska on march 9 will be attended by apple and att both the companies will be opposing the legislation the report also says that apple or att may oppose the bill on safety grounds according to the company if users attempt to fix their iphone handsets by themselves it may cause lithium batteries to catch fire gay gordonbyrne executive director of repairorg says that industry lobbyists have used excuses in the past claiming that broken glass could cut the fingers of consumers who try to repair their screens repairorg is a usbased trade organisation made up of independent repair shops by robin sinha gadgets now published on feb 16 2017 at 1255 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etretail app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app iphone apple battery right to repair gay gordonbyrne homenewsapple wants to fix iphones on its own to fight right to repair bill