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That's all fine. If you want a known chain of custody, you could exclusively use a manufacturer-authorized repairer, or use a third party repairer who guarantee
by rlpb 6y ago
That's all fine. If you want a known chain of custody, you could exclusively use a manufacturer-authorized repairer, or use a third party repairer who guarantees to only use manufacturer-authorized parts, and so on.
For competition however, I maintain that the consumer should have the ability to choose to do business with a repairer with no supply relationship with the manufacturer who claims to be able to do better. As long as the consumer isn't being misled, the consumer should be entitled to choose to take that risk.
- fragmede 6y agoRealistically this would be far less of a problem if Apple didn't pretend that their devices (like everything else in this world) get old, and supported a robust economy around servicing older devices. Why can't I just buy an iPhone SE battery right off Apple.com? Why can't my third party repairer? How about an authorized repairer? Where are the publicly available service manuals? How about some schematics? Back in the day, high-end electronics (particularly audio equipment) had full-blown schematics, for repair. While reflow re-soldering BGA devices is way out of reach for the average non-technical home users today, with a steady hand, and the right tools, replacing an iPhone battery is only slightly more complicated than changing a tire.