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Re:Apple accused of overpricing, restricting device repairs by canucker2016 on Sunday October 21, 2018 @11:17PM (#18271947)
Some of the repair restrictions that Apple put in place, which Louis Rossman complains about, made more sense after reading about the repair fraud gangs that Apple has to deal with in https://www.cultofmac.com/581970/iphone-repair-fraud-cost-ch...
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Re:Apple accused of overpricing, restricting device repairs by admax88q on Sunday October 21, 2018 @11:23PM (#18271976)
The only reason that those "repair fraud gangs" are worth while is that iPhone parts are difficult and expensive the obtain.

If they produced enough spare parts and sold them at reasonable cost it wouldn't be as worthwhile for those "gangs" to try to abuse the warranty system for parts.

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Re:Apple accused of overpricing, restricting device repairs by mocae on Monday October 22, 2018 @06:10AM (#18273428)
Poor Apple! After reading this extensive article by cultofmac.com I too can understand all restrictions and exorbitant overpricing. God bless Apple. Amen.
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Re:Apple accused of overpricing, restricting device repairs by foobarbazetc on Monday October 22, 2018 @12:10AM (#18272115)
What came first: the chicken or the egg? ;)
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