iPhones Bricking Themselves If Repaired By Third Parties

[SteelCrysis]

http://www.extremetech.com/mobile/222546...rd-parties
This is bad.

[dmcowen674]

Yet another reason to never buy into the who Apple phenomenon.

[RolloTheGreat]

http://www.extremetech.com/mobile/222546...rd-parties
This is bad.

I detest Apple and the whole iTunes ecosystem, but I don't think this is "bad" or even un expected with what they're trying to do.

They sell a homogenized, accessible, virus free experience. Given how they control content, it doesn't surprise me they control hardware access as well.

iPhones are for your mom, android is for anyone who has ever installed an OS.

[BenSkywalker]

They sell a homogenized, accessible, virus free experience.

Unicorns, you forgot unicorns-

http://www.forbes.com/sites/hnewman/2015...4f40cf7e61

[RolloTheGreat]

They sell a homogenized, accessible, virus free experience.

Unicorns, you forgot unicorns-

http://www.forbes.com/sites/hnewman/2015...4f40cf7e61

Maybe I should have said "they try to control the installation of software and hardware to limit risk of virus and malfunction".

What they're selling is ease of use and uniformity.n (which has value to grandma who just wants a newfangled smartphone)