They sell a select few parts, from which you’re FORCED to rent these stupid and unnecessary tool kits and then spend all day on the phone with Apple getting them to completely unnecessarily approve the repair with their servers.
Also you still cannot take it to a 3rd party store for this repair. You literally HAVE to DIY it at home.
Ah, so this is effectively identical to Apple’s approach to repairability.
No, I don’t think Apple sells any components at all and they intentionally make sure the phone doesn’t work properly after you replace them.
Apple sells parts and rents tool kits.
They sell a select few parts, from which you’re FORCED to rent these stupid and unnecessary tool kits and then spend all day on the phone with Apple getting them to completely unnecessarily approve the repair with their servers.
Also you still cannot take it to a 3rd party store for this repair. You literally HAVE to DIY it at home.