mendonipadrehab wrote:
No. Even the folks setting their phone's date to 1970 are smart enough to recognize ridiculousness when they see it.
How about this---the independent repair industry is certainly big enough to be on on Apple's radar screen because Apple is not dumb. Where there are millions or billions of dollars going to independent repair is not really an important distinction. If they weren't concerned about the potential impact they wouldn't bother to send lobbyists to visit legislators considering a right to repair bill.
Apple wants the easy dollars for easy repair that requires little training, no troubleshooting time. A simple cracked screen on a late model device? Yes. A screen swap on a device with frame damage? Nope. Cracked screen on an older iPad? Naw. Troubleshooting repairable board level defects? Heck no, are you crazy? Who has time for that!
Independent repair only gets to be a problem for Apple when sales slump because eventually it becomes impossible to innovate new compelling features that will make people willing to spend the bucks to replace their functioning model. Then their model must shift---in order to maintain the sales figures their business depends on, they *really* need people to stop fixing up their phones. An 18 month life cycle for a phone is ideal. But when people are keeping their phones going for 3 years? That starts to hurt.
I'm so sorry. You obviously didn't recognize sarcasm when presented. You're responding to my 'claim' that 85% of those iPhones get malware. That was sarcasm. That was intended to point out that if someone makes a claim, then they should be prepared to defend it or provide supporting information.
You believe that Apple is fighting against unauthorized repairs because of 'potential loss of revenue from repair service'. I disagree. I see it as protecting the integrity of the brand. You yourself have admitted that not all 'independent iPhone repair shops' are as good as you, and that there is no industry self-regulation. So those customers that get unauthorized service and then an error occurs and the shop doesn't take care of it, then they turn to Apple. And Apple can't really set a precedent of taking care of any and all issues caused by unauthorized third parties. Who doe the customer blame? Apple. It's about protecting the name.
And as far as protecting a profit margin? As a stockholder, I pay very close attention to where the profit is coming from. And it's not primarily from the iPhone sales. Oh, sure, that's a portion of it. But the far more lucrative portion is iTunes & App Store purchases. Apple has every reason to want more people to have usable iPhones. And whether that's a 4S or a 6S Plus, that really doesn't matter to them. Because Apple could stop making iPhones today and still gather revenue from those sales in the iTunes & App Store. Apple gets to profit ONCE from an iPhone sale. But they profit continually and regularly from iTunes/App Store sales
Why have an OOW swap option in the first place if they're trying to 'maintain sales figures'? Why offer to extend the one year warranty to two years with AC+? The you look a the bigger picture, your claim makes no sense. It's really no different than those that claim that Apple intentionally releases iOS updates that will make older models completely unusable...
