Re:Apple’s longtime supplier accused of using forced labor i...
by fsflover on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @05:11PM
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> while there were no technical restrictions preventing me from replacing the broken camera, the screen was glued in in a way making it very difficult to open without smashing.
You just presented a technical restriction, didn't you?
> but having an official location with official parts is actually more useful than being able to do it yourself but not being able to get parts.
I disagree. This is not so much about DIY-repairs, but about a free market for third-party repairs, without which Apple can force people to pay as much as they want.
Re:Apple’s longtime supplier accused of using forced labor i...
by tatersolid on Thursday December 31, 2020 @12:07AM
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> Yes it kinda sucks that they killed third party repair...
Just had the screen on a 2018 iPad replaced by a third party. Worked out fine.
Is 3rd-party repair “killed” only for the latest Apple devices by virtue of some new hardware attestation stuff?
For my pixel 2, while there were no technical restrictions preventing me from replacing the broken camera, the screen was glued in in a way making it very difficult to open without smashing. There were also no places to buy the camera other than what seemed to be cameras stripped out of broken/stolen pixel 2s.