iPhones now do not display the Battery Health feature when their batteries are replaced by unauthorized service providers
“Guess what, Apple. You've got some explaining to do.” Jason Koebler / VICE : Apple Is Locking Batteries to Specific iPhones, a Nightmare for DIY Repair Rene Ritchie / iMore : Is Apple Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair? Mark Wyciślik-Wilson / BetaNews : Apple is discouraging the installation of third party batteries by displaying Battery Health warnings Charlesarthur / The Overspill : Start Up No.1,129: hacking GDPR, US voting systems left online, Google boosts maps … Stephen E. Arnold / Beyond Search : Clever or Clumsy? Attempts to Achieve Lock In from Nervous Giants Napier Lopez / The Next Web : Apple announces developer iPhones with root access for security research Michael Tsai : Apple Is Locking Batteries to Specific iPhones Tim Hardwick / MacRumors : iFixit: Apple ‘Locking’ iPhone Batteries to Discourage Third-Party Replacements [Updated] Joel Hruska / ExtremeTech : Apple Has Begun Software Locking iPhone Batteries to Prevent Third-Party Replacement David Murphy / Lifehacker : Ignore Your iPhone's ‘Service’ Warning for Third-Party Battery Replacements Tweets: Jason Koebler / @jason_koebler : NIGHTMARE SCENARIO: Apple is tying batteries to specific iPhones, which easily has the ability to kill independent repair shops in one fell swoop https://www.vice.com/... @eff : A “verification” system tying each battery to a specific phone is a huge blow to your ability to repair your own devices. https://www.vice.com/... Rob Griffiths / @rgriff : I'm sure Apple will have some explanation for this ("security issue"), but I can't think of a valid reason to be locking batteries to phones. To me, this is just plain scummy behavior on Apple's part—forcing users to go to Apple for a battery swap. https://www.vice.com/... @ikilledappl3 : Apple is really digging themselves into a grave they can't get out of https://twitter.com/... Rev. Robert R. Ballecer / @padresj : Imagine if Toyota tried to sell you a car that would only work properly if you purchased special “Toyota Fuel” that was identical to regular fuel except that it was more expensive. Oh... and they changed it every 2 years to force you to buy another car. https://www.vice.com/... Robert Zacny / @robzacny : Jesus Christ the extent to which Apple wants to lock-down their devices is just mustache-twirling cupidity at this point. https://www.vice.com/... Owen Williams / @ow : Congrats, Apple, for bringing DRM to *batteries* https://www.vice.com/... Nathan Proctor / @nproctor : “Repair hurts sales,” of new phones, said Nathan Proctor, who leads the Right to Repair campaign at the U.S. Public Interest Research Group. “Apple has an incentive to restrict repair of their devices.” https://www.axios.com/...