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its crazy to me we are now at a point where major companies are actively putting measures into their products to make them hard or impossible to fix on your own. if you take it anywhere else to get it fixed your warranty is now voided. i just paid like $1000 for this phone. do i even really own it if nobody but the company i bought it from can fix it? better yet you bring it to them and they will essentially do nothing but quote you for overpriced parts you don’t need or more likely just tell you to buy a new phone. thanks apple!!!

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1d ago

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@nemi

We’re also becoming so dependant on them as a society - banking, transport, communication, that it’s an expense that’s becoming increasingly hard to avoid.

17h ago

@moonbeams

literally this is one of the most annoying things about the way society is going, quality functional goods just don't exist the ways they used to exist

23h ago

@regularcucumber

I’m in the same boat right now. I just found out about a website called back market, I might buy a refurbished phone from them

1d ago

@OverClover

@REGULARCUCUMBER Backmarket is great, I've gotten my last two phones from them. They were good about honoring their warranty when my screen started having issues too.

1d ago

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