[scohesc]

Apple continues to push the envelope when it comes to product design and anti third-party repair.

They must really hold the quality of their devices to such a high standard, that even people who would willingly accept the "risk" of installing third-party components (or first-party from the manufacturer!), can't install the parts in their phones because it'll cause problems.

Not to mention the software Apple uses to "link" each part in a phone together so it removes issues like this is closed source and not really available to anybody so even if you did replace parts yourself you still can't use them!

They call themselves green and climate friendly, but it doesn't seem so friendly when you can't even re-use components from other phones that are broken to fix yours!

[sbuk]

I'd suggest that this has at least as much to do with theft deterrent than just being 'anti-repair'; as a deterrent, it seems effective.