Main issue to me is no self repair and AASP don’t actually repair stuff... Slight damage needing a few cents worth of caps replaced? Yeah that will be a full b

Main issue to me is no self repair and AASP don’t actually repair stuff... Slight damage needing a few cents worth of caps replaced? Yeah that will be a full board swap. $900 please, oh and we don’t keep that main board in stock (cause Apple doesn’t let us) so it will be a week before we can do the swap... I don’t mind paying a little extra, I do mind getting fucked over. Now it does look like this software is only about the pairing of the components (main board, Touch ID, screen...) so component level repair should be fine as long as the cpu or the T2 doesn’t pop, so it’s not completely the end of the world but Apple are taking the piss now. It’s not about the cost. It’s about the inability for anyone but who Apple chooses to be able to fix your hardware.