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Getting arm twisted to buy is a bad thing of course. The core concern is not the availability of talent to do this but the supply chain of genuine parts, and authentication of successful repair thereafter. iFixit already provides several kits and could theoretically provide iPhone kits too - but if you are eventually forced to pay Apple a premium to validate that repair, then the repair pipeline goes waste.


yeah. the "talent" part gets perfected in the market? right? i mean if you are a repair guy and your work isnt appreciated by your customers, you either have to get better or close shop. these small repair people that are everywhere in asia simply improve their skills with each device so there is that




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