The subsidized battery replacement program is intended to offset the significant civil liability they have from making these phones poorly in the first place. T

The subsidized battery replacement program is intended to offset the significant civil liability they have from making these phones poorly in the first place. This is not charity or even a long term business decision, it ends January 1. I've built my own PCs for a decade, every hardware manufacturer I've dealt with has a better RMA policy than Apple.