4 ms·
Another reason for the big song and dance about how environmentally friendly they are with recycled aluminium and so on. It stops Greenpeace and other groups sh
by pentae 8y ago
Another reason for the big song and dance about how environmentally friendly they are with recycled aluminium and so on. It stops Greenpeace and other groups shaming them for the environmentally unfriendly practice of creating products that are not repairable or upgradable which obviously shortens its usable lifespan causing more co2 emissions from people going through more devices.
Under Cooks leadership they are doing everything they can to squeeze every last dollar from their customer base in a masterclass of price, strategy and product positioning and the supposed value proposition (touchbar, etc) is often dubious at best.
- balladeer 8y agoI wonder if it's due to the trend that the sales and new user acquisition are stagnating so they are just locking the "loyal" user-base so tight that they should keep paying regular amounts in the form of costly repairs and extremely costly upgrades as some kind of ecosystem rent. Because I all I see is dwindling value, more so if compared to increasing prices.
- tonyedgecombe 8y agoAccording to their latest report their maintenance costs are declining quite quickly. This implies the lifespan of their devices is lengthening. Lifespan isn't just about repairability, if something doesn't fail then you don't need to take it apart.
- pentae 8y agoOr it could mean that the average maintenance cost is so high the customers are opting not to repair but to buy a new device.
- Scoundreller 8y agoI thought the aluminum had more to do with being conductive to heat, and allowing for thinner devices. The “non-repairability” does mean old units get harvested for parts instead of scrapped for aluminum. When I’m ready to upgrade, i’ve Sold the still-usable parts and funded a substantial cost of buying the new version.
- simonh 8y agoWhat matters from an environmental point of view is average device longevity, and for that Apple devices are through the roof. Only a tiny minority of computers are ever upgraded, us geeks are a slim demographic.