It sounds reasonable, but their policies influence people to throw away perfectly good phones for the next big thing. You might say, "That's their prerogative."

It sounds reasonable, but their policies influence people to throw away perfectly good phones for the next big thing. You might say, "That's their prerogative." If they can convince us to buy new phones with new features, then fine. If it's by making replacing the battery illegal, then I say not fine. The real issue here is not so much with smartphones, but with printers, cars, and other devices that have more predatory business models.