OK, so it's glued together - heat it up, release the glue. Yes, it does take different tools and techniques to deal with glued parts, surface mount solder and s

OK, so it's glued together - heat it up, release the glue. Yes, it does take different tools and techniques to deal with glued parts, surface mount solder and so on, but it is certainly not impossible to do. If my repair guy said hey, 50% chance I'll break it, but I'll try to fix that $1000 out of warranty paperweight for $350 that Apple will fix for $1200... I would simply like to be able to place that bet. Apple isn't taking any risk. > This is not a problem in practical terms. This is a problem when I cannot buy a standard (not custom) power amplifier chip because a manufacturer deal prevents the manufacturer of the power amp from selling to retail distributors. This is why I have to buy cheap knock-off parts most of the time. The original part would cost $7 and the cheap knock off is $3. The labor - $200. Why take the risk of having to fix it again because of the cheap part? Every argument against right to repair requires you suspend common sense and buy into some scenario where reality doesn't apply. It's absurd that people are forced to replace $1000 phones over $7 parts, and even more absurd that a farmer has the same problem with his $1 Million combine over similar component level repair issues. Apple sells some parts now, and the prices make new devices attractive.