You can thank them the next time you get your car fixed without buying a new car.
>And when Apple doesn’t approve a repair shop there will be another uproar about Apple “gatekeeping” repair shops....
We don't want them to approve anything. The iPhone isn't some magical unicorn. Its a box that contains components purchased from suppliers around the world. Apple forces the suppliers to not provide parts to repair shops. They use DRM in random components that have nothing to do with security so that repair shops doing basic repair have to beg Apple to "activate" the new components.
Have you ever had a repaired phone with a faulty touch screen?
But all that aside, people are free to repurchase a new phone or get the entire motherboard replaced when a $0.50 component fails on their phone. I and many others prefer to repair it and save money. And not to mention .. reduce the e-waste burden on our planet as a bonus.
Where can I buy an off the shelf Apple designed Ax chip?
We are already seeing third party suppliers with shoddy screens that don’t work as well and battery replacements that lie about their lifecycle.
If you really want to use the car analogy as others have, how easy is it to get third party repairs for high end cars or Tesla’s?
People who came before us fought hard and we have established a precedent for repair in many many industries
It’s a phone where you might save $20. It’s not like it’s the right to vote....
so that companies like Apple are not able to rip us off by denying right to repair, and denying legitimate repair shops the ability to purchase legitimate parts.
And when Apple doesn’t approve a repair shop there will be another uproar about Apple “gatekeeping” repair shops....