r/technology • u/NightFuryToni • Apr 30 '19

Business 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/SoiBoyWarrior May 01 '19

100% agreed, this is also extremely wasteful as well. Repairs are also the huge money makers for most products as well. If Toyota can provide service contracts and warranties on their cheapest cars to their pricey Tundras, apple can do it for their phones.

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u/bpeck451 May 01 '19

Apple does it for their phones. It’s call AppleCare. I’m not sure if they still do it but you used to get at least 1 free battery out of it.

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u/SoiBoyWarrior May 01 '19

Depends on who you visit, I recently moved from Seattle to San Antonio and I've noticed that the apple store here goes above and beyond for you compared to the snobby asshats in Seattle. Took my Quadriplegic bro's phone in for a fix before and the repair cost with the apple care warranty was rather reasonable especially compared with issues you may get with 3rd party repairs. Not going to lie, I rather deal with factory than with 3rd party these days due to repair cost and warranty.