I can see how this can be a safety issue but IIRC even with genuine apple parts faceID stops working :/
so this only concerns 3rd party repair shops or individuals who dont want to pay apple to replace their screen.
so this only concerns 3rd party repair shops or individuals who dont want to pay apple to replace their screen.
Another example - Volvo(and pretty much every manufacturer) says in their warranty terms that the warranty is only valid if the car is serviced annually at an authorized Volvo garage. They can say that, but the law in EU clearly states that you can have the annual service done at any vat-registered garage, and as long as "equivalent" parts are used, the manufacturer cannot deny you a warranty claim based on having the service done outside of their own approved dealership. Their own terms and conditions do not and cannot override the law.
The same law applies in US, this isn't some EU exclusive thing.
Also, this question applies in general whenever a company doesn't obey the law and your consumer rights - vast majority of the time, they do. But in case they don't you have solicitors, ombudsmen and yes, eventually, courts. It's rare that it gets that stage though.
1) have the car serviced outside of the main dealership network and the manufacturer is not allowed to void your warranty due to this.
2) fit aftermarket parts, and the manufacturer is allowed to void your warranty only if they can prove that the part contributed to the fault.
The whole conversation started by me saying that with cars, you can buy original OEM parts without having to obtain the blessing from the manufacturer - with Apple(and other electronics makers) you can't.
>>That still sounds like a lot of work for the potential savings of a few hundred dollars on repairs and parts.
I don't know why you assume this is any work, you just have your car serviced elsewhere, if any warranty work comes up then you just say "I had the car serviced at a VAT-registered garage, as allowed by the statutory consumer rights". Done, works 99/100 times. Do some dealers try to wiggle out of it anyway? Sure. But dealers try to wiggle out of warranty repairs even if you have done everything "by the book" anyway. That's just what they do. In that case you also have to either start involving experts/solicitors/courts to actually make the manufacturer honour their promise to you. Whether it's worth it to you or not, is a different matter entirely.
‘2) fit aftermarket parts, and the manufacturer is allowed to void your warranty only if they can prove that the part contributed to the fault.’
In the case of electronic products, we don’t assume things that things that look the same, perform the same.
An aftermarket iphone screen for example could even be from literally the same assembly line but perform so poorly that nobody reasonable could expect Apple to uphold their warranty on a phone with it installed. That’s why QC testing exists.
All other differences can be derived from that basis.