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Nobody is saying you can’t fool with it. But if you “fool with it” then you shouldn’t expect Apple to provide support for you.

busterarm 7y ago
They don't provide good support now. Basic component failures become full board/assembly replacements for $$$. There's also a big leap from that to "shouldn't be allowed to open". This is also a battle that has been lost once before. Desktop computer manufacturers used to put tamper-evident stickers on their cases stating that you would void your warranty if you opened your case. Congress made the industry BTFO on that one.
- eridius 7y ago
  Opening a desktop tower is vastly different from opening a tightly-packed complex piece of equipment like the iPhone. Even if you do nothing else besides open and close it, you still may have compromised the water resistance of the device, or gotten dust in there. You can do whatever you want with your hardware, but the question is whether Apple should be on the hook for providing repair service afterwards.
  - deathanatos 7y ago
    I do not see where, in the proposed legislation[1], the requirements on Apple to honor or not honor warranties due to mishaps occurring during self-repair is changing. It seems like whatever they are (legally) doing today, they can continue to do. What the legislation does do is require them to provide technical parts and details. Currently, my understanding is that Apple is strong-arming shops into either losing access to parts and knowledge (you don't become an Apple Authorized repair, and thus, lose access), or forcing them to lose business (you join, but Apple forces you to send them business as a condition and limits the types of repairs you, as a repair shop, can do). My personal opinion is, if damage occurs during a repair: if it was due to error on the manufacturer's part, then it's under warranty. If it was your error, then it's not. [1]: AFAICT, this is AB 1163, which is not cited nor mentioned in TFA: http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1163 http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?...

busterarm 7y ago

They don't provide good support now. Basic component failures become full board/assembly replacements for $$$. There's also a big leap from that to "shouldn't be allowed to open". This is also a battle that has been lost once before. Desktop computer manufacturers used to put tamper-evident stickers on their cases stating that you would void your warranty if you opened your case. Congress made the industry BTFO on that one.

eridius 7y ago
Opening a desktop tower is vastly different from opening a tightly-packed complex piece of equipment like the iPhone. Even if you do nothing else besides open and close it, you still may have compromised the water resistance of the device, or gotten dust in there. You can do whatever you want with your hardware, but the question is whether Apple should be on the hook for providing repair service afterwards.
- deathanatos 7y ago
  I do not see where, in the proposed legislation[1], the requirements on Apple to honor or not honor warranties due to mishaps occurring during self-repair is changing. It seems like whatever they are (legally) doing today, they can continue to do. What the legislation does do is require them to provide technical parts and details. Currently, my understanding is that Apple is strong-arming shops into either losing access to parts and knowledge (you don't become an Apple Authorized repair, and thus, lose access), or forcing them to lose business (you join, but Apple forces you to send them business as a condition and limits the types of repairs you, as a repair shop, can do). My personal opinion is, if damage occurs during a repair: if it was due to error on the manufacturer's part, then it's under warranty. If it was your error, then it's not. [1]: AFAICT, this is AB 1163, which is not cited nor mentioned in TFA: http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1163 http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?...