Apple has sincebegun walking back the decisionafter much backlash, but this likely isn’t the end of it.
Either option will cost a lot of money, and that cost will impact repair bills.
Official repair options are relatively expensive, and Apple affiliate repairs likely won’t be much better.
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And becoming an ASP is costly for a shop while also beingextremely limiting.
With Apple being so averse to relinquishing control, neither option seems beneficial.
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