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Don't care, I wouldn't take my device to a third party anyways. Secondly after owning an iPhone for over a decade not once have I needed a repair. I feel like

Don't care, I wouldn't take my device to a third party anyways. Secondly after owning an iPhone for over a decade not once have I needed a repair. I feel like the repair issue is manufactured outrage for a problem that doesn't actually exist. Seems like drama is all the rage these days...

Nextgrid 5y ago
> I wouldn't take my device to a third party anyways Me neither, which is why I want the right to repair to be a thing, so I can get parts just like the third-party I wouldn't use and do the repair myself instead. > Secondly after owning an iPhone for over a decade not once have I needed a repair. Beyond actual repair there are consumable parts such as batteries which need replacement after a year or so. > I feel like the repair issue is manufactured outrage for a problem that doesn't actually exist It may not exist for you, but does it hurt you or make your situation worse in any way if the repair issue were solved? If not, then why is it a bad thing if some other people (for whom repair is an actual problem) benefit from it?
- bastardoperator 5y ago
  I'll never do a repair on my phone, my time is too valuable to be futzing around with things I don't truly understand. You most certainly do not need a new battery after a year, my kids are playing with an iphone 4 as a toy. I'm also not the one upset that apple is providing parts, great. It just seems like nothing is ever good enough or everything is done in bad faith and I just don't see the world through that kind of myopic or dystopian lens.
wrycoder 5y ago
You have a ten year old iPhone, and you never replaced the battery?
- bradfa 5y ago
  My daughter uses my wife's old iPhone 4 as her "phone" (it's not allowed to connect to our wifi nor does it have a SIM card or active mobile phone plan). The battery isn't super robust but it still works well enough to be a kids toy to play with for taking pictures and making little movies and listening to music. Original 10 year old battery.
  - wrycoder 5y ago
    I’m a moderately heavy user. I find I have to replace the battery every three years or so. Right now, mine is down to 70%. One of my gripes is that the replacement batteries are not as good as OEM, even when I buy from iFixit. So, I guess I’ll spend $80 and waste the better part of a day (which is the worst part), even though I’ve replaced several iPhone batteries and have all the tools.

Nextgrid 5y ago

> I wouldn't take my device to a third party anyways Me neither, which is why I want the right to repair to be a thing, so I can get parts just like the third-party I wouldn't use and do the repair myself instead. > Secondly after owning an iPhone for over a decade not once have I needed a repair. Beyond actual repair there are consumable parts such as batteries which need replacement after a year or so. > I feel like the repair issue is manufactured outrage for a problem that doesn't actually exist It may not exist for you, but does it hurt you or make your situation worse in any way if the repair issue were solved? If not, then why is it a bad thing if some other people (for whom repair is an actual problem) benefit from it?

bastardoperator 5y ago
I'll never do a repair on my phone, my time is too valuable to be futzing around with things I don't truly understand. You most certainly do not need a new battery after a year, my kids are playing with an iphone 4 as a toy. I'm also not the one upset that apple is providing parts, great. It just seems like nothing is ever good enough or everything is done in bad faith and I just don't see the world through that kind of myopic or dystopian lens.

wrycoder 5y ago

You have a ten year old iPhone, and you never replaced the battery?

bradfa 5y ago
My daughter uses my wife's old iPhone 4 as her "phone" (it's not allowed to connect to our wifi nor does it have a SIM card or active mobile phone plan). The battery isn't super robust but it still works well enough to be a kids toy to play with for taking pictures and making little movies and listening to music. Original 10 year old battery.
- wrycoder 5y ago
  I’m a moderately heavy user. I find I have to replace the battery every three years or so. Right now, mine is down to 70%. One of my gripes is that the replacement batteries are not as good as OEM, even when I buy from iFixit. So, I guess I’ll spend $80 and waste the better part of a day (which is the worst part), even though I’ve replaced several iPhone batteries and have all the tools.