Would forcing disclosure of non-authorized parts not address that? If you were willing to pay the premium for authorized parts then you’d have the information to choose the right repair shop.
I live in Switzerland and I get why repairs are expensive. Because the labour is really expensive. I did multiple repairs (not on phones) where the labour was more expensive than just buying a new device (cheap printers).
https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/businesspers...
>Under the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act (MMWA), it is illegal for a manufacturer to void a warranty or deny coverage if a customer has a repair or maintenance performed by an independent repair shop or using a third-party replacement part (unless the original manufacturer provides the service or part for free).
car manufacturers market "genuine OEM spare parts" as if we have a moral and social obligation to pay for their parts 4X than the same part from cheap chinese knockoff brands.
They too are buying from the same chinese OEM, just their "brand sticker" gives them the power to charge a high premium
I really am willing to pay 4X the price for something that’s twice as good. Half as good isn’t good enough for me anymore.
There are tons of non-Apple repair shops they can go to.
- tell them detailed information about the device in need of a new battery, wait up to a week for that bespoke battery to arrive, then send old battery back.
- agree to share all of your accounting with Apple, now and I think up to 5 years from termination of the contract.
- agree to share all of your client details with Apple.
- agree to audits checking if you dont posses any third party parts that could be used in Apple products.
- agree to never repair Apple product beyond strict list of services approved by Apple.
This is actually incredibly false. I have several collages that came from the automotive industry, for automotive chips. The automotive industry is not using the same Chinese OEM parts, for any of the safety critical ICs, which come in some of those expensive OEM parts.
In fact, they have incredibly complicated processes, with full supply chain lockdown/inspections, to keep cheap Chinese knockoffs out of the supply chain, in direct response to human death from Chinese knockoffs making it into the supply chain. When a knockoff is used, and it makes it into a car, that vendor is blamed, when someone dies. Vendors put extreme pressure on these companies to make sure they don't make the news for killing people/recalls.
All of that, obviously, adds a premium over the unqualified knock offs.
I'm not sure about structural parts, but I suspect it's similar.
What I want is to known if a device I had repaired, or am about to purchase, has a knock off in it. This could be displayed in the "about device".