The right-to-repair fight over parts is largely won. The one that replaced it is whether the software will trust a genuine part once you have it.
Colorado's law took effect January 1 and the EU's repair directive becomes national law on July 31, yet Colorado still exempts the biometric surface, Face ID and Touch ID, where the lockouts bite hardest. At the bench, a genuine Apple screen moved between two matching phones still throws warnings and drops True Tone.
If you own an iPhone 15 or later you can now reuse and calibrate a genuine part; budget an afternoon for the software to sulk, and take anything older to an authorized shop. Repair could cut a household's electronics spending by about a fifth, roughly $330 a year.
