Credit where it is due though… they could have remained silent and probably taken no flak… so good on them.

Their big request seems to be to make sure people are aware when a phone is fixed with off-brand parts. This also makes sense to me. Some portion of off brand parts will cause problems, which may show up as complaints back to or about Apple.

(An example: we have a system trained to map rail territory using head-end video using some visual odometery and 2010-era AI. A specific client has cameras that we can’t process well because of weird subtle artifacts. Apple is doing much more complicated stuff than we are.)

A type of worm which can literally have sex with itself

Not unless you are a nematode…

And blast the whole planet with radiation? Are you crazy?

You can buy houses and cars without a credit score.

If you want other people to buy your stuff for you, that’s when you need credit.