Comment Is it really used by Apple? Not so sure. (Score 3, Informative) 221
This anti-repair mechanism is called "parts pairing," and is a common frustration for farmers who want to repair their John Deere tractors without authorization from the company. It's also used by Apple to prevent independent repair of iPhones.
Me - Took nephew's iPhone 13 to UBreakIFix, a national chain of computer/phone repair shops. Them - Replaced broken screen on said iPhone. iPhone worked like a champ afterward. Maybe Apple did that kind of thing in the past, but I just don't know about claiming they still do that. The price was far lower than what Apple wanted to fix it so I'm not sure at all that they used Apple parts, but it worked fine after they repaired it. It's still good like 8 months later.