iPhone parts Activation Lock may be Apple's latest blow to right to repair sold under the guise of user protection

[Redaktion]

As of iOS 18, Apple will seemingly start linking individual iPhone components to their owners' iCloud accounts. Activation Lock for iPhone parts will prevent components like batteries, displays, and cameras from being calibrated to new devices as long as they're not  

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[Gallo123]

Humanity truly is stupid.

[mdongwe]

Why "guise"?
Everyone knows stealing iPhone or iPad today is useless, it will be locked asap and you will never make it work or sell or steal data. Back in the day i-devices were #1 in theft and burglary statistics - and it dropped shadow on the company. Apple doing their thing and user wanting their other thing doesn't immediately mean one wants to take advantage of the other. Yeah, protections are totally anal, but it is what it is.
Out of all i-devices I've had, around 15, I personally had zero repairs and one return.
I think this "right to repair" movement in the most part is fueled by shady shops that want to repair and resell stolen or thrown away (e.g. by schools) devices - because let's be honest we know it's what they've always been doing.

[MorrisLw]

Thank you Apple ♥️ for this very useful feature.

Please make it more strong. Don't just disable true tone and face ID , make the brightness of the phone 100% always or 1% always and battery capacity should not be used more than 30% if it is from a locked idevice, because some people continue to use despite the warnings.

[Papsy]

It will deter theft indeed,kind of support it.What if you're cornered at gun point and asked for your Apple credentials....lol

[mdongwe]

What if you're cornered at gun point and asked for your Apple credentials....lol

The world where you need a gun when you want to steal a phone. And the owner will just come around the corner and lock it in his iCloud forever.
Very smart.

[PeteGi]

It will deter theft indeed,kind of support it.What if you're cornered at gun point and asked for your Apple credentials....lol

Ever heard of "Stolen Device Protection on iPhone"?

Go and give it a read and educate yourself.

[anan]

This is a problem that is well known in the second hand industry. A lot of corporate laptops are being auctioned off. And most of them come with a locked bios. This makes them useless and only several parts can be reused. Apple's solution is actually better. Since if a user is selling his non-functional iPhone, he can still remove it from his iCloud. Then it's parts can be reused.
The onus is on the user to proactively declare his device 'blocked'. Hopefully no one will do this after they sell their phone.