TheWabbit61

elijahg said:

macxpress said:

IreneW said:

omar morales said:

Is this an opinion piece? Because it makes zero sense. What this article advocates is for Apple to put it’s customers at risk somthat some bottom feeder random repair shop can service Apple products their way.  ߙ䰟鄰 

What "risk" are you talking about? I have had a lot of third-party repairs to my iPhones all these years, should i be worried?

 It can also make the phone insecure after the repair. Who knows what a 3rd party did to that phone, where they get their parts from, etc. They can inadvertently install a malicious piece of hardware. 

[citation needed]

mcdave said:

So you’re blaming Apple because the component swap doesn’t work how unauthorised/untrained ‘repairers’ assumed it would?

If I try to replace a component on my car and lack the tools/expertise to do the job properly, I don’t blame the manufacturer.

Did if ever occur to these idiots that, contrary to troll propaganda, Apple doesn’t just use generic parts with unmodified firmware. These fake repairers should be taken to court for fraud.

arthurba said:

MplsP said:

arthurba said:

I'm all for Apple making it absolutely impossible for "3rd party" repairs on iPhone.

In my home town we have a Facebook community group.  

Last summer, several people "lost" their iPhones at local beaches, and community members helped them track them down with "find my" (why people find this so hard I don't know).

Last known location - a "phone repair shop" some 40km away. (and no, the police won't investigate, but I've no idea why)

iPhone's are stolen regularly, and yet they are pretty useless to a pawn shop - so this is pretty much the only use for them.  And iPhone parts are expensive.  So I guess someone can spend a morning "collecting" iPhones and by the afternoon have a few dollars in their pocket.

After iPhone's - the next most common thing stolen here are BMW's - and again, it's for parts.  If BMW could stop 3rd party repairs, they absolutely would, because folk around here actively campaign now "don't buy a BMW", which I doubt BMW are very happy about.

You do realize that the market for ‘genuine’ apple parts is inflated because of Apple prohibiting suppliers from selling them, right? If there was a viable source for ‘genuine’ parts the market would be different.

You can buy BMW parts as "genuine" or "compatible", but it doesn't stop people stealing BMW's for parts.  Having "3rd party" suppliers for Apple parts is also not prevent the theft of iPhone's for parts.  Making the device irreparable (except by Apple) and/or the parts unuseful (as described here: the display can be replaced but it breaks Face ID) are significantly more effective strategies for combatting theft.