Re:Apple expands parts access to more independent repair bus...
by ben509 on Thursday August 29, 2019 @03:28PM
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It's hard to see how they'd enforce that. You get a bill with $0 for labor and $x for materials, you just bought parts.
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Re:Apple expands parts access to more independent repair bus...
by jakobegger on Thursday August 29, 2019 @03:59PM
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The parts alone are probably not enough. A lot of repairs require expensive tools (there was a video circling the net of an iPhone display calibration device -- if you want a proper repair, you need to calibrate the display after replacing it)
Also, increasingly there's authentication chips on parts like batteries and you need to somehow match them to make your phone not complain about 3rd party parts. So I assume you need some way to authorize each repair...
Re:Apple expands parts access to more independent repair bus...
by michaelmrose on Thursday August 29, 2019 @04:00PM
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They may not benefit much from bothering to do so. It's unlikely to be high volume.