This is my biggest complaint with the strict "my device, my rules" people.

I want Apple to lock down my device to customization, repairs, etc..

I know I am never going to install an app through means other than the app store, even if I could. I know I'm never going to repair my device through anyone other than Apple, even if I could. I want to know that my device will be a $1,000 paperweight to anyone who steals it.

I want to pay Apple to ensure there are no "driveway repairs".

A number of years ago I accidentally ended up with a second hand iPhone with a shitty "fake" screen repair. I had no way of knowing it wasn't an Apple screen. But it fucked me over as soon as it started failing a couple months after I bought it.

I get tired of the people demanding that a company, with willing, paying customers, isn't allowed to protect their customers because they want something the company doesn't offer. Fuck right off with that shit and buy from a company that does offer that.

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bluescrn 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

Apple aren’t aiming to protect buyers of pre-owned devices.

If they could get away with it, they’d likely prevent resale entirely.

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bzzzt 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

Why would they? Lots of people sell their old phone to pay for the latest model. Killing the resale value will decrease new sales.

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pasc1878 6 days ago | parent [-]

Resale through Apple only -

Apple already will give you discounts if you upgrade some things.

So the resale value will continue albeit at a fixed price

	▲	bzzzt 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		They offer a pittance compared to the 'normal' second hand market. If people can't get enough for the phone the upgrade will not be bought.

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Bud 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

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worthless-trash 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I feel your'e just mad because your expectations of buying a second hand phone were not met.

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vlovich123 6 days ago | parent [-]

I had a similar experience myself paying for screen repair in SF and getting back a phone with a butchered display. Why wouldn’t you get mad for spending money and not having your expectations met?

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koiueo 6 days ago | parent [-]

This is solved by repair shop warranty and reputation.

They butchered your repair, you demand a fix or a compensation for a new phone. That's what customer protection laws are for.

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chongli 6 days ago | parent [-]

If you need consumer protection laws then clearly reputation isn’t worth much. The issue with reputation is that society has grown so large and impersonal that we’re constantly facing interactions with unknown people.

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koiueo 6 days ago | parent [-]

I'm sorry for my candor, but your argument is so silly, it rubs me the wrong way.

Laws are how society operates.

If you need traffic rules (those are defined by laws fyi) then clearly individual's ability to drive isn't worth much. Let's abolish car ownership, make Apple operate all ground transportation and prohibit anyone else from deciding where Apple-operated cars go, what are operational hours and where the stops are.

	▲	ryandrake 6 days ago \| parent [-]
		> Let's abolish car ownership, make [car manufacturers] operate all ground transportation and prohibit anyone else from deciding where [manufacturer]-operated cars go, what are operational hours and where the stops are. Shhhhhh! Don’t give them any more bad ideas or they might actually do it.