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		hbn on Sept 19, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We are retroactively dropping the iPhone’s repaira... > I'm going to go out on a limb and say that far far far more people have a phone that needs to be repaired than have a phone that gets stolen. Perhaps because it's known to many thieves that iPhones are a useless thing to steal due to Apple's tight account-tied software locks?

MostlyStable on Sept 19, 2023 [–]

Go back five years and I'd guess this is still true. I do not think Apple's policy has changed this.

ribosometronome on Sept 20, 2023 | | [–]

https://www.zdnet.com/article/fcc-report-apple-iphone-activa...

This article predates some of the parts behavior but shows that similar efforts have deterred theft.

hbn on Sept 19, 2023 | | [–]

I'd bet it's even more true now.

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