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I've taken a Mac to one such authorised repair centre in the last 3 years.

• Nextgrid 5y ago
  There are 2 repair programs: Apple Authorized Service Provider - the existing one, which has significant barriers to entry and doesn't seem profitable on its own (most of the ones I see around town either sell refurbished computers on the side or provide IT support), though I believe they can at least stock parts as they advertise same-day turnaround on some common repairs. This is the one you're talking about. The Independent Repair Program, for smaller shops to be able to obtain genuine parts and perform authorized repairs on Apple devices. These don't allow you to stock parts and have a lot of ridiculous restrictions (Louis did a video on it) and is purely a PR thing when the whole "right to repair" idea started taking off and regulators were started to look closer.