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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