Doesn’t Apple offer a way to re-pair components if they are genuine and not stolen (unregistered from the previous AppleId)?
and Apple will very happily charge you for that privilege
TBH for such a critical piece of our modern lives, I would be more than fine to pay extra to be 100% sure I am getting original parts, put in professionally and in secure manner re my personal data. I wish ie Samsung had such service where I live.
We anyway talk about expensive premium phones to start with, so relatively expensive after-warranty service is not shocking.
This may actually eventually sway me into apple camp. This and what seems like much better theft discouragement.
I don't. Such mechanisms also disqualify 3rd party replacements. It is just a wasteful solution. Not that any smartphone would qualify as decent here.
But as a customer it will overall be more expensive for you.
There are things in life where amount paid is far from top priority, and phone is one these days. With sums we talk about, I just don't care anymore, and Samsung I have now is even more expensive and more wasteful.
Re wastefulness - a decent laptop causes 10x more pollution to manufacture than phone. Desktop PC 10x that. TVs. Cars. Clothing. Phones are very much down a very long line of higher priority targets for eco friendly approach.