> If it were, they would also allow you to say “yes this replacement is desired.”
How does that not completely bypass any of the reasons for wanting to do this?
And it is “anti-consumerist” to make my property a less desirable target for theft?
How does that not completely bypass any of the reasons for wanting to do this?
And it is “anti-consumerist” to make my property a less desirable target for theft?
Do it from your iCloud account. Presumably thieves will not hold you at gun point to log in to iCloud and allow pairing of your phone's components to a ready recipient iPhone
I don't buy the anti-theft angle that can only be solved by buying a brand-new genuine part direct from Apple.
That's not the main purpose, it's an excuse. You can tell because they don't take relatively simple steps to make things easier for non-stolen parts replacement like the one being suggested