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i did read it in full but i knew too well apple to not trust it, i believe it's going to be another half done attempt that is overcomplicated and totally inefficient.

Like, i don't know... the recent self repair program. cost as much as sending your device to apple but you get to do the manual labor and take the risk to break it. WHAT A DEAL !

Edit: went to look on the Repair Assistant, it sounded promising until i read that it requires you (who repair the phone) to be able to authenticate with the Apple Account of the owner of the phone that you are taking a part of.

Basically it means that every iphone thrown away that the owner didn't take the time to remove it's apple account, and god knows people don't care about this even if they should, is useless.

You also can't buy a part on the internet because how do you know it's been taken from a phone that got it's apple id logged off ? it throws away 90% of the available phone to scavenge.

And most important, you can't buy third party parts. Why can i replace the shaft drive on my bmw, which is deadly important part, with third party shaft drive yet i can't replace iphone battery with a non apple one ?? Does apple consider us to be that retarded that we can't buy batteries from genuine reseller ?

Are you upset that you won't be able to buy stolen parts anymore?

The fact that Apple will make it impossible to use stolen parts is a great feature for me as a customer. I want potential thieves to get nothing when they steal my phone.

If I buy a phone from someone else, asking them to remove it from their account before the transaction is already a good idea, and trivial to do. Beyond the physical parts, I don't want any of their data or account info on my new phone.

Where do you live that getting your phone stolen is a bigger concern than being able to repair your stuff? Thats more a society issue, not something that Apple needs to fix.

I'm not upset anymore since i ditch my iphone for an android, i'm merely pointing the corporate hypocrisy from apple.

> If I buy a phone from someone else, asking them to remove it from their account before the transaction is already a good idea, and trivial to do. Beyond the physical parts, I don't want any of their data or account info on my new phone.

Do it with the ssd then. you don't need to lock the screen, the battery or the faceid sensor. it makes no sense security wise.

I'm all in for fighting against stealer and pickpocket, but also lucid enough to know that it doesn't prevent them from stealing it. They still steal them and then sell them on internet, only for people to buy it and receive a brick. It just doesn't work.

And honestly if i get my samsung stolen, i'd rather know it's been resold by some scumbag, but still being used, than having it get shiped to india for 'recycling' into one of the many landfill site.

If you are going scam people with locked iPhones over the internet, why send an iPhone at all? You should just send a literal paperweight. It will serve the same purpose. It's not like the marketplace will be like "It's an iPhone. Even if it is locked, the seller is right. We will remove the negative rating and let the seller keep their reputation".

By the way, I recently sold an iPhone 8 (through App, but the transfer was in person) and out of 5 potential buyers, all of them asked the same three questions: "Is it on and unlocked?, is it carrier sim-locked?, which is the battery %?".

> Do it with the ssd then. you don't need to lock the screen, the battery or the faceid sensor. it makes no sense security wise.

They don't lock the battery or display.

The display sensor and FaceID components are paired because they don't want rogue actors e.g. governments/spouses replacing them with compromised ones.

Privacy and security may not be a priority to you. But for many it is a million times more important than being able to repair the device.

Oh is it ? Seriously, they could make the phone wipe itself when a new faceid touchid sensor is put.

There is absolutely no reason to put a lock on these parts when other simpler solution exists.

Guess what happens when I unlock the bootloader of my Samsung ? It wipes itself. Samsung are as much secure as iphones yet they allow parts to be replaced, how can it be ? Korean are just stupid and apple knows better ?

And it's not just samsung, Google does it too.

There are many things great with iphone but it doesn't mean it's perfect in every way and everything apple say is true.

You can buy a third party battery it’ll just say “you have a third party battery” in the settings

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