[The Next Web] Following Apple, Microsoft made it easier to buy Surface repair tools

A few weeks ago, Apple announced it would begin to sell spare parts for you to fix your own iPhone, in one of the biggest wins for the right to repair movement in years. Now, in a smaller, but still welcome move, Microsoft has partnered with iFixit to sell tools designed to make it easier to fix Surface devices. It’s a sign that the industry is maybe, just maybe, actually listening to user feedback. (Or these companies are just preparing for imminent pressure from governments. Either way, I’ll take it.) Surface devices have been notoriously difficult to repair in the…

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