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Re:Apple announces Self Service Repair by ilaksh on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @10:09AM (#29254033)
Wait for the next video from Louis. He will expose this as a scam. Yes, they are scared and trying to appease their customers. No, it is NOT in any way actual right-to-repair. They will not let you replace a charge port (for example) and the prices they are asking for parts are ludicrous.
Re:Apple announces Self Service Repair by SynasterBeiter on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @11:21AM (#29255046)
Is there a price list somewhere? Bear in mind Louis has an incentive here, as this Apple program directly competes with his business.
Re:Apple announces Self Service Repair by ilaksh on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @02:14PM (#29257531)
Re:Apple announces Self Service Repair by neop1x on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @06:56PM (#29260481)
TL;DR His is skeptical. For example he needs to replace just the keyboard (not the whole topcase) to make the repair economical. He needs to replace LCD panel only instead of the whole screen assembly. It may be still beneficial to be able to buy genuine Apple parts but there is high probability that those parts would just be too expensive. And let's see if Apple will at least release tools and instructions to program those recently-introduced chips and make it possible to re-use a genuine screen from another iPhone without disabling faceID or having to desolder and re-solder that tiny BGA chip...