I notify Apple via my product portal. QED. No letter writing. The rest of it is moot to some, a non-issue to me, following. So, no that is not was I was writing nor alluding to.I read what you wrote twice here, and are you really trying to say before I can replace the drive in my iMac I need to write a letter to Apple to let them know I did that so as not to void the warranty? That is not at all what the warranty text you quoted says.
If that is what you are trying to say, that is the most unusual interpretation of both the law and Apple's warranty I have ever seen.
The MM warranty act is clear. I can replace parts on my iMac if I want without Apple's permission and it will not violate the warranty. If I screw up my iMac in doing so, that is on me.
This really does sound like you only want to argue and condescend rather than have a polite discussion.
As for being argumentative, I don't see it that way. I posed a point, and IMO my words were used out of context. I quoted a provision in Apple's own Limited Warranty that gives them proviso - a condition - that allows them to dispute a customer's claim. I make mods to my Macs, and notify them of my changes - and I have no need to dance around it. It's. That. Simple. FWIW, that Limited Warranty protects them as well.
Apple has staff on call to answer and address questions regarding their warranty - I just pick up the phone. Years ago, I wanted to know how to let them know how and which Macs were being modified - I was told to handle it via my product portal, which I do now. I recall you writing recently that you never buy AppleCare for your Macs - I do, and that's my desire. I also read the contracts, word for word. I don't see what the issue is regarding notifying Apple of changes - it's in their Limited Warranty. Maybe I'm the doofus for doing what they asked...
As for being polite, I'll tone it down and apologize here - earnestly. What I resent is the proclamation of "it's the law" and the like, and I respectfully disagree with that perspective here. I was a WA resident in 1975, studying technical writing, and I was enamored of Magnuson's work at the time - and I did get my degree in tech writing and now I'm a business owner. I hate that Apple has made most of their products such that we can't tweak them. Where I went off on a bent here was that the Act has requirements of a warranty, and Apple's warranty is pretty specific - and broad, in its accommodation of its customers. The MM Act places requirements on a warranty's content - what goes in the warranty. I know that the Act prohibits direct tie-ins for other products as it's outlined in the Act - Apple simply will not be able to prove to the FTC’s satisfaction that your product won’t work properly without one or more specified item(s), but they address this by asking simply, what modifications you've done to you Mac. Yes, you're allowed to mod your Mac. And, yes, Apple has an accommodation in place to monitor/document those mods. My take is that Apple and their techs simply want to know what you've done to your Mac, in part, so they don't have to spend time trying to figure out what's been modified; in my company we spend maybe 100 hours a week trying to figure out what out client's maintenance departments have "improved" - that eats into my overhead, and generally doesn't meet relevant code(s) and then we get to fix the "fix". I just don't think I'm out of place here, Weaselboy... Much respect.
As to cars, I keep a journal of the mods I've made to my Benzes - plugs, suspension (bushes, offset, camber/caster), wheels/offset spacers, electrical, etc., and I keep my mechanic updated. If she doesn't like my mods, I don't care - but, at least she's aware of what I've done. Cheers...