> Is that happening with cars? Because you can trivially walk up to any dealership and buy brake parts. You can buy batteries for Apple phones and DIY the inst

> Is that happening with cars? Because you can trivially walk up to any dealership and buy brake parts. You can buy batteries for Apple phones and DIY the install, too. This article is the equivalent of someone who doesn’t know anything about cars trying to replace their head gasket and then being shocked that it requires tools to do it and there’s an official procedure with manufacturer recommended adhesives and tools to do it. If journalists started writing “I tried to rebuild my engine” articles they’d read more or less like this iPhone article. Modern engineering is complex. Crucifying a company for offering to rent custom tools to work on products is insane. This is a great move by Apple. At this point, the criticisms seem to be more about finding anything to complain about than being productive.