Hold the phone! The bit about the apple repair parts program moving to the EU is NOT A VICTORY!<br>Louis rossmann, who owns what is probably the leading 3rd party repair company for apple products in the western world, went over the program and the terms. What I remember is if you want to say, swap out a screen or battery, you need to send the screen or battery back first in order to get the reduced pricing. This adds like 2-3 weeks to a repair that takes maybe an hour or two to preform. They do NOT let you order parts to keep on hand, to do instant repairs. They also have terms that let them request financial records, drop by and inspect your store / inventory, and give them waaaaaay more access to your company than they should.<br>The apple 3rd party repair program is like a flashlight app that requests access to photos, files, contacts, wifi and cell data, and runs in the background slowing down your phone. it is at best useless, and at worst crippling. <br>PLEASE if you care at all about 3rd party repair, you need to also mention the criticisms around the program and how it's not nearly as helpful as apple pretends it is.