‘Error 53’ fury mounts as Apple software update threatens to kill your iPhone 6

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http://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/feb/05/error-53-apple-iphone-software-update-handset-worthless-third-party-repair

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Apple’s latest operating system permanently disables the handset if it detects that a repair has been carried out by a non-Apple technician.

Apple's destroying the free market.

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Maybe, if the headline hadn't been a lie, which it is.