Screen/film protectors get axed on Apple’s official sales channels.

One of my biggest gripes with touchscreen phones is the vulnerability and finger smudges that plague the massive piece of glass (or plastic) on the device. No matter how tough a company claims their proprietary screen is, at some point a small scratch always developers. So it’s up to 3rd party screen protectors to save the day, right? Wrong…that is if you plan on purchasing said accessory at an Apple Store — physical or digital — from here on out. For so far unknown reasons, finding a screen protector on any official Apple channel is pretty much impossible as Apple is “banning” them. Even more peculiar, stand alone screen protectors as well as cases and other accessories bundled with screen protectors are getting nixed under this new ban. According to iLounge, several prominent accessory makers already knew of this impending ban. So what gives?

I’d really love to hear Apple’s reasoning on this move. If it’s something simple like a new, higher quality requirement or something, ok. I can deal with that. But every other reason I can think of paints an asinine picture. We’ll see soon enough.

Speculate away…

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