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> There are so many tactics Apple gets to use to sabotage repair. For example, Apple engraves microscopic Apple logos on the subassemblies in its devices. This allows the company to enlist US Customs to seize and destroy refurbished parts that are harvested from dead phones by workers in the Pacific Rim:

Dead phones that were potentially stolen? A major reason I choose to buy iPhones is for their VIN-locking. I would rather my phone, if stolen, explode in the theif's hand, than allow for any 3rd party repair, even a battery swap. I want as close to 100% of the phone components to be serialized.



That, uh, seems unnecessarily violent and vindictive.


That seems the correct amount of violent and vindictive.


VIN?


That's explained at length about a dozen paragraphs into the article.


I'm familiar with Activation Lock but there are no VINs involved.


It's a reference to the article, and the way the article talks about what's happening here.


The practice came from the automotive sector originally.

RTFM, or quit arguing with those who have.




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