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I'm waiting for the EU to finally pass regulations that require a certain level of repairability for electronics. Modern iPhones are almost impossible to take a
by jplayer01 8y ago
I'm waiting for the EU to finally pass regulations that require a certain level of repairability for electronics. Modern iPhones are almost impossible to take apart and I don't understand how that's okay from any point of view other than profitability. It's such a massive waste of resources on one-use devices.
- zepto 8y agoThey last far longer than Android devices, and in part this is due to their construction. They are both refurbished and resold and finally also now almost completely recycled by Apple. There is no ‘massive waste of resources’ and they are not one-use, and from an environmental perspective they are far lower impact than their ‘repairable’ alternatives, which in practice are rarely actually repaired. Any legislation that mandates repairability would be a catastrophic environmental disaster.
- haiihaii 8y agowat
- hrktb 8y agoI thnk parent is including laptops. Those last far longer, are rarely resold, and would need to be more repairable in general.
- zepto 8y agoThe parent explicit talks about iPhones. Even so, the same logic must be examined. It cannot be assumed that electronics designed for repairability have a lower environmental impact.