Apple launched a self repair program for iPhone 12 and 13 along with the Silicon based (not Intel) MacBooks in the US earlier this year. Now the same program has rolled out to eight European countries;  Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, Sweden, and the UK.  Self Repair Kits can be purchased (or rented for a week) at any of the Apple Self Service repair stores. No word on what the cost is to purchase the kit which only the includes tools (manuals and parts are extra) but the weekly rental cost is £54.90 (around $67 USD). Customers may be able to get a credit back for returning their replaced parts for recycling or refurbishing.

“We believe the best technology for our customers and for the planet is technology that lasts, which is why we design our products to be durable and rarely require maintenance or repair,” said Apple COO Jeff Williams. “But when a repair is needed, we want customers to have many options for safe, reliable, and secure repair.”

That’s put a nice spin on the program Jeff, however Apple never wanted to give their customer repair options (especially the ability to repair their own modern devices).

That’s well and good, but Apple was essentially forced into this position by right-to-repair rules both in the United States and Europe. The EU also wants you to be able to go back more than two generations for repairs. It recently proposed new rules that would require 15 components (batteries, displays, chargers, etc.) to be available for at least five years after a phone is released in the EU — or back to the iPhone X, in Apple’s case.

via Engadget