Apple threatens Colombian mobile phone repairman with jail time
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While many people are keeping an eye on Apple's launches and the arrival of the iPhone 15 in September, a mobile phone and technology repairer has become the centre of attention fo

Wilmer Becerra of Wiltech, in Colombia, has more than 6 million Facebook followers and over 5 million TikTok followers

https://wiltechoficial.com/

edit: since many seem to be confused: he doesn’t use the Apple logo anywhere on his website (you can check above) or in his videos — Apple is upset because the iPhones shown in his videos have the Apple logo on the back of the device which can be seen in the video while he’s repairing it.

In the letter from Apple’s law firm, they have specifically asked him to stop repairing Apple devices.

  • bartleby1@lemmy.mlOP
    41·
    1 year ago

    He’s not passing them off as official repairs (although he does use genuine parts whenever those parts are still in circulation).

    Are you saying repair videos should blur the parts of the device’s enclosure where the logo appears? This seems excessive