So by their own doing Apple have created a situation that rewards criminal activities. If they were more open about repairs this black market would not exist.
thatâs not a good enough excuse.
Your argument of âthey were aquierd through illegal meansâ would be okay, yet Apple insists these parts wich are from their suppliers beeing genuine Apple parts are counterfit.
Youâre arguing whatâs essentially semantics. They could easily be classed as counterfeit the moment they are not acquired and distributed legally through proper channels.
saying a iPhone battery taken from an existing iPhone and sold though criminal routes are âgenuineâ replacement batteries would not be true, theyâre counterfeit. But it doesnât really matter what theyâer labeled as thatâs just deflecting from the problem.
Counterfeiting =/= concealment of stolen goods
Important difference to make. No semantics, completly different crimes.
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If it was made by appleâs factories, and shipped from apples factories, itâs apples product. Plain and simple. There is no semantics to the argument. The parts are litteraly the same thing in their stores. Counterfeit is a product made to be a replacement, and usually of inferior components NOT from the factories according to the law. Apple grease the people at Customs to redefine it, even though the actual LAWS havenât changed. Legitimate repair companies like Rossman, and others are taking apple to court FOR THAT EXACT THING. Itâs anti-competitive, and anti-right to repair. Apple is VEHEMENTLY AGAINST Right to repair. Theyâre currently lobbying against it.
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Them being in court for buying stolen goods sold as âreplacementâ parts is not anti competitive. Itâs a crime.
You got it wrong, Apple is taken to court over seizing legitimate shipments.
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That is what they are in court for. Apple has been taken to court for seizing legitimate shipments. Rossman, and the people like him on this case, have documentation that the parts are legit parts from the factory, and purchased legally, and Apple STILL cried foul and Customs just believed them. There has to have been money involved.
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Ah yeah I see what you mean, is there a good site to follow the case? My thoughts come from the fact that apple donât sell parts, if they have got legitimate parts form a factory Iâd be pissed (at the factory) they wouldnât be legitimate parts regardless of their origin in my mind as they arenât from my company. Thatâs the argument Iâd use at least.