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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Eh not necessarily. It's a common joke, and ifixit gets publicity both for their own brand and for right to repair out of it

Edit: unless you meant they're getting something out of it being so locked down, in which case yeah. Corporate basically gets to pass the costs down to individual franchisees even more