[Toutouxc]

> has been caught lying about a bunch of stuff

Would you mind linking to some of those? He's not my cup of coffee, but I always saw him as a fair guy.

[robertoandred]

He got caught using counterfeit parts.

[ksec]

1. How is he suppose to get official parts?

2. He is using parts made by the same company that made exactly the same chips. Is that Counterfeit?

3. He is using parts he scrapped from other Apple Computer when those parts are not available.

Unless it is outside those three options, I dont see how it is Counterfeit.

[robertoandred]

He can get official parts by becoming an Apple service provider.

And yes, parts with Apple logos stamped on them that are not actual Apple parts are by definition counterfeit.

[smoldesu]

He already addressed his concerns with this two years ago here: https://youtu.be/0rCUF-V1esM and here https://youtu.be/ANSkQ4gmEkg

Apple still does not provide him the parts required to do the board repair that he's known for, even if he did sign up for their authorized repair nonsense.

[smoldesu]

He's openly admitted to that, since for the most part Apple will not sell him the official OEM components.

[robertoandred]

If he wants official parts, he can join Apple's one of service/repair provider programs.

[smoldesu]

Apple's repair providers don't perform board repair, you're promoting a false equivalency. It's like telling someone with a flat tire to take their car back to the dealership.

[robertoandred]

No, it's like telling someone with a flat tire to take their car to a tire shop, which gets tires from Goodyear but not patch repair kits.

Rossman could get real Apple parts but he doesn't want to because it'd hurt his views.

[smoldesu]

For the record, Rossman cannot get the specific parts that he wants, you're saying that he could pay $600 for a first-party logic board replacement when the only thing wrong is a blown capacitor that costs a nickle.