Quote:However, that's not the end of the story, at least for the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). The competition regulator opened its own investigation after receiving reports relating to 'Error 53' from consumers, many of whom had third-party repairs undertaken on their Apple devices, such as having damaged screens replaced.

The ACCC has now alleged that Apple made false representations to owners of affected Apple products, that free remedy was not available to them on the basis that their devices had been repaired by third-party 'unauthorised repairers".