Apple Shipped Me a 79-Pound iPhone Repair Kit to Fix a 1.1-Ounce Battery

Re:Apple Shipped Me a 79-Pound iPhone Repair Kit to Fix a 1.... by paulryanrogers on Saturday May 21, 2022 @01:59PM (#31460233)

Intent is less important when we're burning the world for blue bubbles, cheaper waterproofing, and a few millimeters thinner.

If iphones had to be priced with externalities included (via regulation) I suspect they'd get user replaceable batteries shortly there after.

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Re:Apple Shipped Me a 79-Pound iPhone Repair Kit to Fix a 1.... by ctbeiser on Saturday May 21, 2022 @02:52PM (#31460693)

I suspect that of all the things burning the world, it's mostly oil and cars. iPhones are unusually useful, but they're not unusually resource intensive.

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Re:Apple Shipped Me a 79-Pound iPhone Repair Kit to Fix a 1.... by paulryanrogers on Saturday May 21, 2022 @03:09PM (#31460836)

Just because something is worse doesn't mean we should ignore the problems of the first.

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Re:Apple Shipped Me a 79-Pound iPhone Repair Kit to Fix a 1.... by mikestew on Saturday May 21, 2022 @03:29PM (#31460984)

If you've ever heard someone talk about frying fish, and how they have bigger ones that need frying, they're probably speaking metaphorically.

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Re:Apple Shipped Me a 79-Pound iPhone Repair Kit to Fix a 1.... by paulryanrogers on Saturday May 21, 2022 @04:45PM (#31461615)

Some things are mutually exclusive. User serviceable phones and more sustainable transportation are not.

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