Not for much longer if Apple has their way -- they've been pioneering "parts pairing", which would kill third-party repair: https://www.ifixit.com/News/69320/how-parts-pairing-kills-in...

They have a program for independent repair companies. It doesn't pass Louis Rossmann's bar since it doesn't let him do board-level repair, but none of the "fix your screen/replace your battery" shops I've ever seen do that anyway, so it would be fine for them.

The program is still BS, and was only even done solely to head off Right-to-Repair legislation which was not going Apple's way.

Board-level repair is pretty crucial for data recovery when the hardware manufacturer insists on soldering the solid-state storage to the motherboard.