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Re:Apple’s repair kill switch hasn’t been activated yet by sh87 on Sunday October 07, 2018 @11:26AM (#18161008)
Did Apple have to kill the card slot to support iCloud ?

No. Why then? Lock-in, that's why.

Like someone else on this thread rightly said, Impracticality is the feature here and clearly intentional.

Apple may have gained customers like yourself. They sure have lost customers like me.

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Re:Apple’s repair kill switch hasn’t been activated yet by danaris on Monday October 08, 2018 @08:54AM (#18166940)
Apple didn't "kill" anything. No iPhone has ever had an SD card slot.

And to the best of my knowledge, the main reason wasn't lock-in or planned obsolescence: it was Steve Jobs' desire for as little as possible to get in the way of the aesthetic and design of the iPhone.

Sure, you may find that to be a dumb reason, but it's a far cry from the cartoon villain a lot of people seem to enjoy making Apple out to be, rubbing its hands together with a cackling laugh as it sits on its mountain of money. (...Well, the mountain of money part is true, actually.)

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