One man’s fight for the right to repair broken MacBooks

Re:One man’s fight for the right to repair broken MacBooks by Foxfox12 on Sunday May 23, 2021 @06:51PM (#27259363)

The only bad part is some of these parts are stolen from users. Because the main board on an iPhone is account locked, crime groups will strip the phone down for parts and sell these on eBay to people looking to fix their phones.

This is why I think Apple should account lock all parts on the iPhone and tell the user this but if the original owner unlinks the phone, the parts will work again.

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Re:One man’s fight for the right to repair broken MacBooks by pcdoodle on Monday May 24, 2021 @10:57AM (#27265106)

Crime groups stealing iPhones? What planet do you live on?

Apple is the number one creator of e-waste in 2021.

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Re:One man’s fight for the right to repair broken MacBooks by Foxfox12 on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @06:48PM (#27283756)

Why else would we still have phone theft and how do these preowned parts end up on eBay? Less skilled people steal them and then list them on eBay as “account locked iPhone” Then more skilled people strip them for parts and will sell just the camera, battery, etc.

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