Re:Apple announces Self Service Repair
by ksec on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @04:58PM
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>according to John Gruber.... because of how complex finding suppliers
The same John Gruber claims $159 AirPod were sold at near cost. Which leads to a whole world of misinformation passed along as fact in all AirPod discussions.
He may get a few things right in terms of design and software. But seriously his creditability in terms of hardware and supply chain is practically zero.
And no, camera or lens dont get get finalized 2-3 years before the phone comes out.
But I agree it absolutely does not need years. And if anyone has been following Apple for a long period of time should know this PR means it wasn't prepared for YEARS. Not to mention they are basically opening up their repair programme from 3rd party to end users. The only thing that take time rather than a flip of a switch is user instruction and legal clearing.
The same John Gruber claims $159 AirPod were sold at near cost. Which leads to a whole world of misinformation passed along as fact in all AirPod discussions.
He may get a few things right in terms of design and software. But seriously his creditability in terms of hardware and supply chain is practically zero.
And no, camera or lens dont get get finalized 2-3 years before the phone comes out.
But I agree it absolutely does not need years. And if anyone has been following Apple for a long period of time should know this PR means it wasn't prepared for YEARS. Not to mention they are basically opening up their repair programme from 3rd party to end users. The only thing that take time rather than a flip of a switch is user instruction and legal clearing.