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Re:Apple fucked us on right to repair (again) by Kirby64 on Friday September 22, 2023 @04:09PM (#37617091)
I didn't realize that Apple forbade anyone from doing repairs? If I want to replace the battery in my iPhone, there are a multitude of 3rd party vendors I can buy from. It'll tell me it can't verify the battery is authentic... but you can still use the battery. Same with screen, camera, etc.

If Apple wanted to actually forbid repairs, they wouldn't let you turn on the device if the battery wasn't authenticated, or the display wasn't authenticated, etc.

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Re:Apple fucked us on right to repair (again) by fragmede on Friday September 22, 2023 @04:35PM (#37617417)
The point is that we shouldn't have to live under Apple's good graces and just hope they remain benevolent.
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Re:Apple fucked us on right to repair (again) by Kirby64 on Saturday September 23, 2023 @01:33AM (#37620802)
What is there to "live under"? You can already buy 3rd party parts, nobody is stopping this.

If Apple started bricking devices if they didn't have authentic parts in them... yeah, sure, I can see you point. But they don't, and you're free to repair devices yourself or take them to a repair shop who does this for you.

Frankly I don't see how this is particularly different from Samsung or any other android manufacturer, besides maybe aftermarket parts won't warn you that they're possibly not authentic.

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