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I mean, they position it the same way— "we're protecting customers from those unscrupulous overseas ebay vendors who will sell them a half-capacity battery that they install and then forget about, later blaming the device and OEM for poor performance."

But obviously that's super suspect when the end result is still granting themselves a razors-and-blades monopoly over key replacement parts.




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