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Re:Apple shareholder resolution calls for company to support... by tonyedgecombe on Friday September 17, 2021 @08:27AM (#28564646)
>You were FUD-ed, right to repair is not about making things less thin and not water proof.

There clearly is a trade off.

The rest of your complaints are just about commercial concerns, they have nothing to do with the environmental impact of these devices.

Re:Apple shareholder resolution calls for company to support... by simion314 on Friday September 17, 2021 @10:10AM (#28565680)
>The rest of your complaints are just about commercial concerns, they have nothing to do with the environmental impact of these devices.

How the fuck don't have an impact if

1 Apple approved repairs cost more and Apple "encourages" you to buy a new device

2 most people don't have an Apple store near by, so it makes it even more expensive and time consuming to get your device fixed.

From 1 and 2 results Apple approved repairs are more expensive and time consuming where it results (obviously) with less repair happening results more e-waste.

Re:Apple shareholder resolution calls for company to support... by p1necone on Saturday September 18, 2021 @01:34AM (#28573920)
There is no tradeoff. Apple providing the same schematics and spare parts that they already use internally to third party repairers and consumers is not going to magically make their products thicker or heavier. And I fail to see how any of this would have a negative environmental impact.
Re:Apple shareholder resolution calls for company to support... by tonyedgecombe on Saturday September 18, 2021 @05:29AM (#28574846)
That's a commercial concern, it has nothing to do with the environmental impact.
Re:Apple shareholder resolution calls for company to support... by simion314 on Saturday September 18, 2021 @03:11PM (#28578472)
Commercial? Like people might not buy a new device and instead fix it? This could be at the same time an environment issue too, what is better for Apple is bad for users and environment