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A comment on iFixit – We Are Retroactively Dropping the iPhone’s Repairability Score. Parent comment

Re:iFixit – We Are Retroactively Dropping the iPhone’s Repai... by riscy on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @04:25PM (#37576009)
> they give you the shit AASPs/Genius Bar gets, which is finished assemblies designed to be swapped out by low-skill workers for minimum wage

> all just so happen to result in a really shitty repair experience

You're saying getting genuine parts and instructions directly from Apple that are simple for a low-skill person to install is a shitty repair experience?

All this uproar is about is needing to contact Apple for them to link the part to my phone. How is that a shitty experience?

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Re:iFixit – We Are Retroactively Dropping the iPhone’s Repai... by lesuorac on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @04:52PM (#37576408)
> You're saying getting genuine parts and instructions directly from Apple that are simple for a low-skill person to install is a shitty repair experience?

He's saying when the screen doesn't work because a 1/5 penny transistor broke he'd rather pay $15 in labor for the tech to replace it than >$15 for a new screen assembly.

And related, people are saying they'd rather be able to pay the $15 in labor when Apple End-of-Lifes the device and no longer produces that assembly.

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