I believe you’re talking about different things. Apple still honors warranty if you have third party components. Even outside of warranty, they’ll repair it.

I believe you’re talking about different things. Apple still honors warranty if you have third party components. Even outside of warranty, they’ll repair it. A family member of mine cheaped out and got a mall screen replacement on their phone. Turned out to be terrible but Apple still honored a repair claim on it. Your quote doesn’t really pertain to the serialization imho. They can still notify you of illegitimate parts as long as they don’t deny you service based on that.