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By the way, software locking serial numbers of all the internal components was purportedly done for anti-theft reasons. If you can't swap the screen or battery
by londons_explore 2y ago
By the way, software locking serial numbers of all the internal components was purportedly done for anti-theft reasons.
If you can't swap the screen or battery from a stolen phone to another phone, then there is much less reason to steal phones.
Buuut, another approach would be for Apple to simply pop up a dialogue whenever parts are swapped saying "New Part Detected. Some parts of this phone are registered with another icloud account 'mary21@icloud.com'. Please log into that account now to prove ownership of those parts.".
The fact Apple didn't allow that is a pretty strong indicator that they wanted to have full control of the repair market.
- berkes 2y agoI find it fascinating how smart Apple spins all these issues into something that's "good for consumers". Sometimes those reasons are built in, like with this case of serial numbers. But also "privacy" or "security". Like with iMessage, where they cannot open it up to other platforms or clients, without hampering their security model. Or app store reviews, in place to "protect consumers from harmful apps" but very useful for Apple to tightly hold the monopoly of what you may install. Fascinating to witness a company using spin doctoring to protect their moat. Edit: to be extra clear: I think all these cases are therefore net harmful to customers. As, in several cases, the EU or other regulators confirm by forcing Apple to change the model.