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In what universe should it not be okay for you to open up your own phone? You own it, you should be allowed to do whatever you want to it.

• eridius 7y ago
  You’re allowed to open up your phone today. Nobody is saying the police should knock down your door because you opened your phone. What’s at stake right now is if you open your phone, you void your warranty and Apple will not provide any more support for you. Which seems perfectly justified to me; iPhones are sufficiently complicated that end users will absolutely damage or destroy their phones by opening them up. The distinction I’m drawing is between end users and third-party repair shops. Users need to have a way to get support, and Apple Stores aren’t available everywhere, or aren’t necessarily offering repairs as cheaply as a third-party shop could. Third-party repair shops should be able to repair iPhones without voiding warranty, as long as they use Apple-supplied parts and with access to Apple-supplied training materials. But end users shouldn’t.
  • asdff 7y ago
    People replace screens all the time, it is not a difficult job.
    • eridius 7y ago
      Every single case of third-party screen replacement for iPhones I've personally ever heard of has resulted in disaster down the road for the person who got their screen replaced. And that was before the edge-to-edge iPhone X screen. Apple uses highly specialized and expensive equipment for screen replacements (at least for the iPhone X screen). Even if third-party shops had the ability to buy the same equipment, I don't think they'd want to pay for it.