Apple's Repair Nightmare Is Finally Ending Thanks to Right to Repair

For years, Apple made iPhones impossible to repair. They used special screws. They paired parts to motherboards. If you replaced your screen with a non-Apple screen, Face ID broke. That was deliberate.

Activists fought back. The Right to Repair movement grew. In 2023, Apple gave in. They launched Self Service Repair. They sell parts and tools to anyone. They published repair manuals.

Why did Apple change? Legislation. The EU passed laws forcing repairability. New York passed a law too. Apple realized fighting was pointless. So they embraced it. Now they market repairability as a feature.

For beginners, this is a win. Your next iPhone will be easier to fix. But be careful. Apple's parts are still expensive. Third-party parts still cause warnings. The battle is not over. But the direction is clear. Repair is coming back.