Re:The walls of Apple's garden are tumbling down
by Terretta on Sunday April 28, 2024 @11:07AM
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“Right to repair” is shallow thinking compared to durability and safety at billion device scale.
“Storage upgrades” are shallow thinking compared to reliable unified memory at GPU speed -- again across a billion devices.
Both of these benefit more consumers more, and more of the device lifetime, than the rarely applicable supposed harms you cite.
Re:The walls of Apple's garden are tumbling down
by pompino on Sunday April 28, 2024 @05:18PM
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repairing increases its lifetime and prevents things from being dumped into landfills. some of the highest selling products are screen protectors, and cell phone cases. Clearly the consumers don’t believe your argument about durability.
They were price gouging even before unified memory so your argument doesn’t really hold water. I am sorry.
>Does this sound like gouging the customer to line their executive pockets to you?
Yes, it does, when they lobby to fight against right-to-repair. Yes, it does, when they price gouge the customer on storage upgrades. Yes, it does, when they hide defects in their products and push people to buy new products. Yes, it does, when they use child labor.