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Samsung forces repair stores to destroy customer smartphones, iFixit ends cooperation (www.notebookcheck.net)

submitted 6 months ago by schizoidman@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.ml

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[–] Red_October@lemmy.world 52 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Apple will tie themselves in knots to make it impossible to repair your tech 3rd party, and maybe even refusing to fix it if it WAS repaired 3rd party before, but I've never heard of them also requiring that it be destroyed and your personal information given over.

[–] kevincox@lemmy.ml 27 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They'll brick your device if a part can't be verified so that isn't much different they destroying. Maybe they don't require repair shops to hand over personal info, but they do require device identifiers so I wouldn't be surprised if that is basically identical.

[–] Ptsf@lemmy.world 14 points 6 months ago

They don't brick shit, don't lie. It not booting until you swap the part back to a verified part isn't even remotely close to a full bricking.