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No, they're trying to make sure they get their pound of flesh any time one of 'their' devices needs to be repaired. If the NSA (et al) are really serious about

No, they're trying to make sure they get their pound of flesh any time one of 'their' devices needs to be repaired. If the NSA (et al) are really serious about having hooks into Apple products they'll make sure to get them [1], glued screens and batteries and firmware kill-switches notwithstanding. If it were about privacy and security Apple could have the device display a warning when it detected tampering and leave it to the user how to act on this, a bit like some Android devices react when the bootloader is unlocked. They could also sell OEM spare parts which could be used by third-party repair shops to repair devices and use a verification routine to re-certify the device (which then would not display a 'tampered' warning, instead showing a 'repair log' in some hidden settings screen). [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_(surveillance_program) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_(surveillance_program)

greedo 8y ago
Pound of flesh? They're offering battery replacements at $29. That's probably a loss leader since it's 30 min of labor plus parts.
- craftyguy 8y ago
  They only started offering it at that price after great public outcry when it was exposed they were purposefully slowing down older devices..
  - danaris 8y ago
    ...in order to allow them to continue to run. C'mon, at least finish the damn sentence. They were slowing down older devices to make sure that they wouldn't just literally shut down when the aging battery could no longer supply enough power for spikes of usage.
    - acct1771 8y ago
      ..by the new OS/kernel they forced you to install, without writing it to be friendly to the old phones they're forcing it onto.
      - greedo 8y ago
        Forced you to install?? No one forced you to install the newest version of iOS.
        dwild 8y ago
        Do Apple keep security updates over the old versions? That could be an easy way to be forced to update. Theses 2 relatively recents vulnerabilities are pretty good reason to have to update. https://www.krackattacks.com/ https://www.krackattacks.com/ https://www.armis.com/blueborne/ https://www.armis.com/blueborne/

greedo 8y ago

Pound of flesh? They're offering battery replacements at $29. That's probably a loss leader since it's 30 min of labor plus parts.

craftyguy 8y ago
They only started offering it at that price after great public outcry when it was exposed they were purposefully slowing down older devices..
- danaris 8y ago
  ...in order to allow them to continue to run. C'mon, at least finish the damn sentence. They were slowing down older devices to make sure that they wouldn't just literally shut down when the aging battery could no longer supply enough power for spikes of usage.
  - acct1771 8y ago
    ..by the new OS/kernel they forced you to install, without writing it to be friendly to the old phones they're forcing it onto.
    - greedo 8y ago
      Forced you to install?? No one forced you to install the newest version of iOS.
      - dwild 8y ago
        Do Apple keep security updates over the old versions? That could be an easy way to be forced to update. Theses 2 relatively recents vulnerabilities are pretty good reason to have to update. https://www.krackattacks.com/ https://www.krackattacks.com/ https://www.armis.com/blueborne/ https://www.armis.com/blueborne/