[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.