There was a recent article in the Verge that now you can get your Apple products repaired at Best Buy Stores:
https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/19/18691649/best-buy-apple-iphone-mac-ipad-repairs-all-stores
This is good news for Apple users. Now we have not just the Apple Store, and not just the various mom-and-pop repair shops that somehow survived through the years, but also now Best Buy.
I remember the days when if you had an Apple computer and needed it repaired it was like ‘good luck to you!’.
We are all so thankful that Steve Jobs envisioned the idea of the Apple Store. At the time, the Gateway computer stores had just recently folded, and most pundits predicted the same demise for the Apple Stores. The famous ‘we’ve tried that before’ line turned out to be completely wrong in this case, and we are so glad it did.
So life just got a little bit easier for Mac users once again.
Thank you Best Buy, and thank you Apple!