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…
  • deegeese
    7·
    2 years ago

    Sounds good, but how do you stop an unscrupulous repair shop from clearing the warning before the end user can see it?

    If it is persistent but buried in settings, most people won’t notice.

    • TheOakTree@beehaw.org
      3·
      2 years ago

      Maybe the warning could require Apple sign-in to dismiss, but can be hidden at startup? Then make it an industry standard to present the phone when it is powered off.

      EDIT: Yes, I know that this is still shitty for most customers.

      • deegeese
        4·
        2 years ago

        Hello Customer, we need your iCloud sign in to authorize the new part

        • TheOakTree@beehaw.org
          3·
          2 years ago

          Yeah, unfortunately that would be up to the average person knowing better than to give out passwords.