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  • Apple's Self Repair Program was never going to be what repair advocates wanted

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    doggone said:
    I, for one, would get Apple to repair it, especially if buying third party parts would disable features like FaceID. 
    FaceID is disabled because Apple wants it to be. The whole point of right to repair is that Apple would stop purposely sabotaging it. IMHO it's one thing to refuse to provide extensive tools and documentation, and something completely different to use software to sabotage someone's own device.
    muthuk_vanalingam

  • iFixit iPhone 13 Pro teardown reveals Face ID changes, display swap issues

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    viclauyyc said:
    byronl said:
    disappointed by apple’s anti right to repair moves
    It is not necessary anti right to repair. It is just the industry and consumer want small and smaller electronics. No one want to use the first gen. Motorola cellphone that is the size of a brick and weight like a brick.

    when things get smaller it is logical that manufactures will combine a few things together and make it small. I don’t see too many people complaining AirPod is hard to repair because it is so small. Because people understand that why it needs so be small. 
    Yup, it’s this. If we want the fantastical devices of the sci-fi future, guess what? Neckbeards wont be able to service them. Miniaturization and integrated circuitry & components make things harder to DIY service, and that’s just how it goes.

    Life is compromise. If DIY repairability is a must-have feature, just buy a bigger, clunkier device. But don’t whine about a product with different priorities not catering to your niche market wants.

    I'm OK with it being harder to repair. The thing I can't stand is using software to lock individual parts to the serial. iFixit successfully swapped the display, it's perfectly connected and functional, Apple simply disabled FaceID in software because Apple doesn't want you to repair it without (paying) them.

    flydog said:
    An electronic device no longer functioned properly after a person with zero training or qualifications swapped out parts. 

    Shocking!



    iFixit isn't some backyard shop. They topped $44 million in revenue in 2021. They're a large, multinational, extremely skilled company.

    muthuk_vanalingam