[theshrike79]

> For many, many repairs the Genius bar just tells you that it is not repairable even though it is.

Repairable by a random Genius bar person and repairable by Louis Rossmann are two very different things.

Yes, if you could hire enough Rossmanns cost-effectively and get them the proper equipment and training, then the Apple Stores could fix _everything_ on site.

But it's a few orders of magnitude easier to have iFixit style guides and tools for swapping whole logic boards to fix a single component. It's also WAY cheaper for Apple.

[nerdponx]

On the other hand, if parts and repair manuals were sold to the general public, you could have more Rossmans out there.

Also there is a whole spectrum of repairs between "replace some swappable parts" and "reball a CPU".