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Samsung forces repair stores to destroy customer smartphones, iFixit ends cooperation
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this post was submitted on 24 May 2024
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They'll brick your device if a part can't be verified so that isn't much different they destroying. Maybe they don't require repair shops to hand over personal info, but they do require device identifiers so I wouldn't be surprised if that is basically identical.
They don't brick shit, don't lie. It not booting until you swap the part back to a verified part isn't even remotely close to a full bricking.