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I have never understood this kind of compliance. The hordes that buy their disposable garbage aren't going to care, they've shown repeatedly that they're insens

I have never understood this kind of compliance. The hordes that buy their disposable garbage aren't going to care, they've shown repeatedly that they're insensitive to, sometimes even aggressive towards their own autonomy. So why do this? Just to _waste_ more? It's so petulant.

Nextgrid 4y ago
There’s also a PR aspect to this in showing that 80 lbs worth of expensive equipment is the only way to replace batteries safely.
- fartcannon 4y ago
  But who's actually being converted by that? No one with any sense, and the rest were already fanboys.
  - Nextgrid 4y ago
    Politicians? The shock value of seeing all that lab-grade equipment contributes to their narrative of “repair is unsafe”.
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vlovich123 4y ago
Probably to make sure that their iPhone repair business (and that of their authorized partners) doesn’t just collapse by getting massively undercut by unauthorized resellers that can use the official repair kit.
- mcphage 4y ago
  If you’re going to run a business replacing batteries, eating the $1,200 deposit loss and keeping the equipment seems a no-brainer.
  - Spivak 4y ago
    Which is otherwise known as “paying for the equipment.”
hatware 4y ago
You can thank the finance and legal departments for their lack of creativity.
- fartcannon 4y ago
  How much you want to bet Tim laughed? "Oh that'll teach them!", he grinned.
nunez 4y ago
it is less that i am against my own autonomy and more that i value my time aggressively and don't want to spend it repairing shit i don't want to repair i know i _can_ repair my own stuff. i've worked soldering irons and have a heat gun and could go into it again if i need to. i just don't want to make the time. i don't want to spend hours repairing my iDevices. been there, done that. i'm not fucking with impenetrable adhesives and cracking screens and ultra thin wires, especially when i'm doing so at the cost of losing waterproofing, faceID, and warranty (extremely important to me). (i completely get why apple disables faceID for screen replacements; gotta protect the software supply chain) i'd much rather drive to my apple store 15 mins away, go to the genius bar and say "iphone broke" and get a new one right there or have it repaired in a few hours.
- fartcannon 4y ago
  OK, you can still do that. No changes for you. Someone else who wants to repair their own gets openly mocked by Apples 'compliance'.

Nextgrid 4y ago

There’s also a PR aspect to this in showing that 80 lbs worth of expensive equipment is the only way to replace batteries safely.

fartcannon 4y ago
But who's actually being converted by that? No one with any sense, and the rest were already fanboys.
- Nextgrid 4y ago
  Politicians? The shock value of seeing all that lab-grade equipment contributes to their narrative of “repair is unsafe”.
  - deleted 4y ago
    [deleted]

vlovich123 4y ago

Probably to make sure that their iPhone repair business (and that of their authorized partners) doesn’t just collapse by getting massively undercut by unauthorized resellers that can use the official repair kit.

mcphage 4y ago
If you’re going to run a business replacing batteries, eating the $1,200 deposit loss and keeping the equipment seems a no-brainer.
- Spivak 4y ago
  Which is otherwise known as “paying for the equipment.”

hatware 4y ago

You can thank the finance and legal departments for their lack of creativity.

fartcannon 4y ago
How much you want to bet Tim laughed? "Oh that'll teach them!", he grinned.

nunez 4y ago

it is less that i am against my own autonomy and more that i value my time aggressively and don't want to spend it repairing shit i don't want to repair i know i _can_ repair my own stuff. i've worked soldering irons and have a heat gun and could go into it again if i need to. i just don't want to make the time. i don't want to spend hours repairing my iDevices. been there, done that. i'm not fucking with impenetrable adhesives and cracking screens and ultra thin wires, especially when i'm doing so at the cost of losing waterproofing, faceID, and warranty (extremely important to me). (i completely get why apple disables faceID for screen replacements; gotta protect the software supply chain) i'd much rather drive to my apple store 15 mins away, go to the genius bar and say "iphone broke" and get a new one right there or have it repaired in a few hours.

fartcannon 4y ago
OK, you can still do that. No changes for you. Someone else who wants to repair their own gets openly mocked by Apples 'compliance'.