>> Just admit you hate Apple and it doesn't matter what they do, you will find a way to make it a bad thing. I am not an Apple fan and I welcome this self-repa

>> Just admit you hate Apple and it doesn't matter what they do, you will find a way to make it a bad thing. I am not an Apple fan and I welcome this self-repair initiative and I think their service manuals are quite nicely written but I worry that this may just be their another PR stunt: 1. many repairs can't be done without their direct assistance: "A System Configuration step may be required at the end of your repair. System Configuration is a postrepair software tool that completes the repair for genuine Apple parts. The repair manual will indicate if System Configuration is required. You will need to contact the Self Service Repair Store support team by chat or phone to initiate System Configuration.". They are not providing this software. 2. nothing said about logic board (yet?) and it is not uncommon that logic board goes bad (and also no component-level repair, especially USB connectors which often go bad but component-level repair is not really something I would expect at this time) 3. older devices not covered so the situation is unchanged for those Maybe that will improve over time, though.