nostr:npub1yyx7sllvsrr0fauh2rdlqk5rakf3963g9xk4a7j5uhfcs00lr3kq42qa5g nostr:npub15r5nk4pxy7gksdcnd65gwj4uh4uv2h5q5zlccjuu22pmucyyxe9s4hzltz 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.

nostr:npub1yyx7sllvsrr0fauh2rdlqk5rakf3963g9xk4a7j5uhfcs00lr3kq42qa5g nostr:npub1hykucplphuhelaxutcw4jw3vuu7gcg42czhqmk7jhchs8vdga4fsj73p33 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?

nostr:npub1cmehxcc75956jrd7t6p3dw3ma0zyn52afxxcz0jca5tm9qq60t2shaw4rh nostr:npub1na9z28fchmnc3y3rvdy9fsccgppupmfk7ckamc6haml9v7d0pqzsj2nagt nostr:npub1hvdfn5ne7zvks3ztfewr00vdjv3kve4nddht43p8fjepc8rn6yasz69sq9 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.