Nowadays, people complain about anything, online; and it goes viral. If it goes viral, Apple investigates. They trace it back to a specific repair shop. Apple takes away that shop's certification. Any reputable repair shop won't take that chance. The sleazy ones will get weeded out.
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This will be great to increase the availability of parts and places where you can get your device fixed. People may prefer one over the other, but at least there is the option now. I’m curious as to the implications for “Right to Repair.”
"Right to Repair" is a hoax.
Everyone has a right to repair their products; the label given to this nonsense by its proponents, a mythical "Right to Repair," is like a lot of propaganda, intentionally misleading.
The people pushing this idea are a mix of higher tiered repair and resellers, like Louis Rossman, the garden variety shops and mall kiosks and, in my opinion (and to a lesser degree), people who can't afford or don't want to pay Apple repair prices.
Unless Rossman, et al, take the time and effort to a) become certified and b) offer repairs with parts pre-approved by Apple and on Apple's terms, they are missing out on a lucrative repair market---Apple products and customers.
This is all about $$ to 3rd party vendors, who want to make more of it, and consumers, who don't want to pay much for it and are willing to take risks on a shoddy repair because they're too cheap or can't afford it.
There is no high brow concept, like a noble sounding "right to repair," here. Just dollars and cents.
