Scott, great points and I follow you now. In the end it's probably because Apple can sell service on your device.:)
You have some strong points. On Jan 21, 2011, at 12:25 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > Scott, > > You miss the point or at least the point I was making. The average (excludes > electronics technicians) have little need to be mucking about inside the > phone, iPod, etc. You are correct that Apple is protecting its bottom line > and rightfully so. If people started messing around with their phones and > tried installing their own batteries etc. and break the phone, guess who gets > blamed and is expected to fix it. Well if you guessed Apple, then you would > be correct. There are those who can disassemble such devices and reassemble > it without damaging the device, but this is a small subset of people. I also > again wonder to what extent one can modify the hardware without running into > any legal issues. I have not explored this, but most software licenses for > example do not allow for you to reverse engineer the software and this may be > true with some hardware and this could be another reason. Either way, I hope > that clarifies why I believe Apple does not want people opening their > devices. You may disagree, but I bet statistics would reveal that more people > toss their electronic devices when they quit working then actually take them > in for repair. > Scott > > > > > > On Jan 21, 2011, at 9:49 AM, Scott Ford wrote: > >> Hello Everyone, >> I have read the previous messages on this topic, I would like to >> respectfully object. I would like to begin by saying that I feel the topic >> is certainly news worthy. Furthermore I am quite disturbed at how readily >> folks on this list are willing to just bow to the "omnipotent Corporation >> looking out for our well being." I feel that Apple is only protecting its >> bottom line and that is where it begins and ends. Fifty years ago the Sears >> catalog included schematics so that one could self troubleshoot issues whit >> products that were sold in their catalog. Today we have covers to cover >> covers, layering the electronics and mechanical parts of our cars and >> hundreds of other devices that we use every day. As an American I love our >> traditional spirit of adventure and personal independence to take a product >> designed or meant for one purpose and transform it into something completely >> beyond what it was designed for. In pushing this envelope we have been a >> market leader and produced some of the sharpest minds in our century. I >> know for a fact that a few funky shaped screws are not going to stop the >> people that I am describing. I am objecting with the status quo, and the >> consensus of the people on this list. Before I went blind I was a Heavy >> equipment Mechanic. Whenever I would hear about situations like the one >> outlined I would be frustrated. We have an amazing amount of competent >> electronic specialists who would not bat an eye at removing the back of >> their iPhone to do a minor repair. I am a ham radio operator and that >> spirit is certainly alive and flourishing. The amount of money that folks >> with these skills are saving by doing their own repairs, are nothing short >> of amazing. When I owned a computer store and we would frequently have >> computers come in where their capacitors had dried out and exploded. This >> action is so dramatic, that when my friend and business partner who happened >> to be one of these skilled electronic technicians that you are saying have >> no business tinkering around in a iphone, would replace the capacitors. Our >> customers would think that he had performed nothing short of a miracle. >> Along those same lines I had dropped my BN PK and the cards had become >> dislodged. He simply reseated them and I went on my way. The company had >> just charged me 250.00 for new batteries. He researched it in four minutes >> and could have replaced them for me for 18.00. How much do you think that >> Humanware would have charged for reseating my cards, not to mention the >> time. Please do not tell me that this is not news worthy, because it >> certainly is. >> Sincerely, >> Scott >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of heather kd5cbl >> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 10:04 PM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: Apple "screwing" iPhone users to block them from opening the >> hardware they paid for. >> >> Well, that would be like watching tim the tool man tailor, right! >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Ricardo Walker" <rwalker...@gmail.com> >> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 5:25 PM >> Subject: Re: Apple "screwing" iPhone users to block them from opening the >> hardware they paid for. >> >> >> Lol, >> >> I think this is quite funny. Really, unless your the like 1% of iPhone >> owners who want to take your device apart, is this even news worthy? >> >> Ricardo Walker >> rwalker...@gmail.com >> Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 >> Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 >> >> >> >> On Jan 20, 2011, at 6:20 PM, Scott Howell wrote: >> >>> Gee, have you considered that maybe Apple doesn't want you mucking about >>> in there and then trying to claim the device has some sort of flaw, which >>> means they would have to replace or repair it? There is a reason why they >>> don't want the average person messing with the internals. Now once out of >>> warranty, I think you should be able to do whatever you want since if you >>> break it you get to keep the pieces or pay APple to put it back together. >>> Scott >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Jan 20, 2011, at 4:51 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: >>> >>>> Is this another method apple i using to control repairs and keep >>>> consumers out? read more: >>>> >>>> http://bit.ly/gpoTpd >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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