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[ifixit] We Are Retroactively Dropping the iPhone’s Repairability Score (www.ifixit.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[ifixit] We Are Retroactively Dropping the iPhone’s Repairability Score::We need to have a serious chat about iPhone repairability. We judged the phones of yesteryear by how easy they were to take apart—screws, glues, how hard it was…

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I can't even imagine that. Modifying your device DOES NOT void your warranty. The burden of proof is on the manufacturer to prove that the modification caused the failure.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I get that, and I don't want to use cars as a good example because they aren't, but even car manufacturers have less restrictive policies than Apple is pushing here.

It would still be wrong to invalidate the warranty for the reasons you give, but it's still better than this.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

In EU, there's a separate warranty on software and hardware.