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Sure, but having the screen stop working because of an unforeseen coincidence is very different from intentionally breaking the screen with malicious intention. Besides, has there been a single documented case in the history of smartphones where a device manufacturer changed the communication protocol with a display via OTA update after the phone shipped?

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I can think of a myriad of things such as enabling a feature that was previously disabled/in development, updates to calibration values/curves, tweaking timing and power saving control registers, etc.

Any of these could throw off a third party part if not implemented exactly the same way.

Sure, but we also know for a fact that Apple does a lot of tweaking to disable non-genuine parts. Seems as likely.

Surely Apple maliciously went after some tiny third party that sells 3 screens per year.

Occam’s razor..

Apple, that rules their supply chain with an Iron fist and prosecute owners of independant repair shops?

Why would they ever have a plan to make sure only their screen works with their phone?

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