[ifixit] We Are Retroactively Dropping the iPhone’s Repairability Score::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…

  • RacerX@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I’m not doubting this is true given the source, but there are phone repair shops all over my town that repair cracked iPhone screens all the time. How do they make that business work if they have to register something like a screen replacement?

    • orphiebaby@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago
      1. It’s not talking about screens
      2. Those people are licensed and using parts directly from Apple, which Apple allows

      Read the damned post.