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NEW: Motherboard has obtained an internal Apple document outlining a new program called "Apple Genuine Parts Repair" that contains many of the requirements of right to repair legislation motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/…
the program allows repair companies to do much more than its current "Authorized Service Provider" program does, which suggests that the right to repair movement has pushed the company to change and loosen up its supply chain (at least with certain repair companies)
Most importantly, this looks like an attempt by Apple to kill right to repair legislation by preemptively offering select repair companies something that looks suspiciously like right to repair, which allows it to argue legislation isn't necessary 
We've already seen this with John Deere and agricultural dealers, which offered a watered-down version of right to repair last year to select people and successfully killed legislation in California
Will be talking more about what this is and what it means on Repair Radio at 2 pm: bit.ly/2TtXUs5
