So many lithium batteries in my house. Cheap ones are fire hazards. I like that apple is looking out for me so that if I go to any place for apple parts and be reasonably sure they made it hard for them to sell counterfeit parts.
The problem is they're not just preventing counterfeit or third party parts from working. If that was the case, it'd at least be understandable. They're also preventing legitimate and working parts that were transplanted from other Apple devices. They do this on purpose because they want you to pay $800 to replace the phone rather than $80 to replace the part at an independent repair shop.
Apple profits enough off of making people pay to replace their devices over minor, repairable damage that it's worth
What you say is true. But as long as customers are uninformed, there is nothing you can do about it.
There are three parties, The Criminal, The Victim and The Enforcer. When V joins hands with E it is possible to prevent crime. Example theft, burglaries, etc
Enforcement is difficult when V does not cooperate with E. Example: If you consider prostitutes and drug addicts as victims of the crime, it is very difficult.
In this case, if you consider Apple users to be V, they cooperate with your nominal C. Till they are informed and educated about it, and only when they agree they are being fleeced by Apple you can do something about it. It comes to switching cost. Make it easy to switch from Apple to competitor, then free market will, eventually, hopefully, make Apple mend its ways.
Makes me even more confident when I buy apple (Score:0, Troll)
So many lithium batteries in my house. Cheap ones are fire hazards. I like that apple is looking out for me so that if I go to any place for apple parts and be reasonably sure they made it hard for them to sell counterfeit parts.
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Apple profits enough off of making people pay to replace their devices over minor, repairable damage that it's worth
Re:Makes me even more confident when I buy apple (Score:2)
There are three parties, The Criminal, The Victim and The Enforcer. When V joins hands with E it is possible to prevent crime. Example theft, burglaries, etc
Enforcement is difficult when V does not cooperate with E. Example: If you consider prostitutes and drug addicts as victims of the crime, it is very difficult.
In this case, if you consider Apple users to be V, they cooperate with your nominal C. Till they are informed and educated about it, and only when they agree they are being fleeced by Apple you can do something about it. It comes to switching cost. Make it easy to switch from Apple to competitor, then free market will, eventually, hopefully, make Apple mend its ways.