@210de87f@a0e93b54 the repair folks are in it for the income too. They will take the cheapest part they can get to be competitive and make as much money from the repair. Furthermore anyone with a little time can learn to do these repairs and you end up a hyper competitive market where the customer suffers. This ends with what happened to Dan and myself. Apple part is € 180, we can do it for €109. You a get a non-oleophobic, sunglasses-funky, replacement that looks the part on the surface.
@210de87f@b92dcc07 bit of a rant, isn’t it? I wonder: In a world where people fighting for democracy are hacked and e2ee is under attack for everyone; a phone that can easily and invisibly be part swapped is a liability. Furthermore, while WSJ’s Big Hack was probably bullshit, the practice of tainting parts is not nonsense. I understand wanting complete control over the chain. How can you trust a recycled part?
Sure, Apple wants to make money, but isn’t that answer just too simple?
@c6f37363@9f4a251d@bb1a99d2 What’s dumb about it? Lightning was created in a time when all we had was mini and micro usb. These devices used it as a port long before USB-C was available. I love that little port which is in some ways still superior to USB-C. If you want to talk about a mess, look at the USB(-C) landscape.
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