That’s what apple has largely done and that’s what a lot of small repair stores complain about. Requiring an AppleID to activate a phone, tying components to th

That’s what apple has largely done and that’s what a lot of small repair stores complain about. Requiring an AppleID to activate a phone, tying components to the crypto processor on device, etc. all is part of this - and it just happens to make repairs harder, used parts worthless, … There’s a pretty big tradeoff here.