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>So I take the drop to $29 as a tangible apology It's more like a middle finger to all the independent smartphone repair shops that have been replacing screens
by jacobwilliamroy 9y ago
>So I take the drop to $29 as a tangible apology
It's more like a middle finger to all the independent smartphone repair shops that have been replacing screens, batteries, speakers, LCDs, and cameras for years.
Apple has the resources to subsidize the cost of shipping and labor for battery replacements thus undercutting the Mom & Pop repair shop by a wide margin.
- icelancer 9y ago.... so what should they do? If they subsidize prices and help out the people who would never go to a local repair shop and only know the great white Apple logo in the sky, they're jerks for driving mom/pop shops out of business. If they don't do it then they're non-responsive. Them stepping up and going to $29 plus software updates is the way to go. It just took too long, like everything else Apple does post-Jobs.