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Or perhaps they realised that their actions were unlawful and they wouldn't win the case.
What laws exactly do you think they had broken?
Let me explain it again slowly for those of you who insist on ignoring the basic facts.
Nobody was, is, or has been prevented from carrying out third party repairs.
When replacing the touch sensor the security protocols between the sensor and the device have to be renewed. If they are not the device locks. This would be the same if the repair was carried out by Apple. The protocols are vital to maintain device security when using it for financial transactions.
The third party repairers were not renewing these security protocols for whatever reason so the device locked.
Please explain to me exactly how Apple are even to blame for that, never mind acting unlawfully?
I imagine that you will also ignore the fact that even with this software fix unlocking the device the touch ID still will not function and never will unless the protocols are renewed correctly either by Apple or a third party repairer. That will be the situation going forwards - if someone breaks their touch sensor they are free to get it replaced by a third party repairer but it won't function at all unless the protocols are renewed. If the third party repairer doesn't know how to do that it won't be Apple's problem.