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No, selling parts for the repair market was a nice extra for these people. This is theft straight up—if you read the article the theives would buy new phones, s
by a2tech 8y ago
No, selling parts for the repair market was a nice extra for these people. This is theft straight up—if you read the article the theives would buy new phones, strip out anything easy to remove (for the repair market you’d assume), and then return the phone for a brand new phone which they’d sell.
This is fraud not a right to repair issue.
- cptskippy 8y agoI think what he's saying is that there's a consumer demand for these parts because Apple refuses to sell them outside of their walled garden. It's like illegal drugs, the people producing, smuggling, and selling them are all breaking laws and considered criminals and their motivation is consumer demand. OP isn't justifying the criminal's behavior, just suggesting that the illegal market would evaporate overnight if Apple sold these parts to anyone.
- AllenKids 8y agoAnd he would be wrong. Remember, these criminals essentially get these parts for "free", they can undercut Apple even if Apple sells at cost. And Apple never sells anything at cost.
- oliwarner 8y agoWould I? If we consider that practically everything available for sale right now is also available illegally, for less, why don't people do all their shopping on the black market? Western society is pretty conformist. Give us a legitimate way to purchase something and most of us will feel more comfortable using it. Even if that means paying more. The people selling these boards had the market to themselves.
- sbov 8y agoJust like reputable shops don't sell stolen goods, reputable repair shops wouldn't use stolen parts. I mean, yeah, they would be cheaper, but that's the case for anything stolen. Yet we don't have an epidemic of all shops in the USA selling stolen goods they got for cheap.
- tw04 8y agoFor the shop if your options are: buy stolen parts or close your business... you're probably going to buy the stolen parts until you get caught.
- oliwarner 8y agoThese guys are stealing parts to supply a black market (which exists because there is a demand that Apple will not sate). I didn't say anything about "right to repair" but if there were one, I can only imagine that would come with a demand that electronics manufacturers make parts available (which would obsolesce the black market).