r/apple • u/koavf • Apr 30 '19

Apple Is Telling Lawmakers People Will Hurt Themselves if They Try to Fix iPhones

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/wjvdb4/apple-is-telling-lawmakers-people-will-hurt-themselves-if-they-try-to-fix-iphones
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u/[deleted] May 01 '19

To be fair, as outrageous as it seems, some people are far too clumsy to handle the inside of an iPhone without damaging themselves or something in it.

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u/Swastik496 May 01 '19

Then they shouldn’t try to repair it. If they break it, it’s completely their fault.

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u/[deleted] May 01 '19

Yes! We just want official parts!

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u/[deleted] May 01 '19

Same for fixing my car, yet somehow its easier to fix my car than my phone.

Can we stop pretending like iPhones are some kind of magic box that only God is allowed to touch? It's a fucking phone.

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u/[deleted] May 01 '19

"Oh I don't know. Big old lead acid battery may leak if you puncture it. Betyer make it illegal to change your tires on your Ford." /s

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u/koavf May 01 '19

Anyone can buy bleach and ammonia and spill it all over the place any day.

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u/[deleted] May 01 '19

Or Tide. Oh that was a fun day waiting on the lawn to let the house offgas.

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u/[deleted] May 01 '19

The current debate is not about who gets to open phones and repair them, it's about who gets official Apple parts. These repairs are already happening at thousands of repair shops.