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Every one of my devices is from Apple: phone, laptop, and yes, AirPods. My practice has been to sell any devices after four years and use the proceeds to buy ne
by esilver 8y ago
Every one of my devices is from Apple: phone, laptop, and yes, AirPods. My practice has been to sell any devices after four years and use the proceeds to buy new. AirPods are probably the first Apple device I've bought that will likely have no resale value; after all, I put them in my ears.
Reading about the Fairphone mentioned in the article [0] and the related iFixit teardown [1] made me pretty envious. While I find it highly unlikely I would leave the Apple ecosystem due to security and ease-of-use I would love to be able to make minor repairs on my devices and keep them for more than four or five years.
Apple's been investing in making device components more recyclable [2] but also in making devices less repairable. Regulation seems like the wrong way to compel change but I doubt Apple or others will elect to do so without clear mandates from regulators or customers.
[0] https://www.fairphone.com/en/our-goals/recycling/ https://www.fairphone.com/en/our-goals/recycling/
[1] https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Fairphone+2+Teardown/52523 https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Fairphone+2+Teardown/52523
[2] https://www.apple.com/environment/safer-materials/ https://www.apple.com/environment/safer-materials/
- deogeo 8y ago> Regulation seems like the wrong way to compel change Why?
- esilver 8y agoI worry lawmakers are more interested in scoring political points than fully-understanding a problem and crafting legislation that best serves the public interest. I don’t think regulation is bad, per se, but my preference is for changes like these to come from the market instead of the statehouse.
- brokenmachine 8y agoThe market has spoken, and it wants unrepairable throwaway devices and dongles for everything.
- Scoundreller 8y agoIf you want to stretch out your contribution to your next purchase, part out your old hardware. I earned a lot more parting out my old MacBook Airs than I would selling them as a full unit with well-worn charger and battery. Learned a lot too about the internals. And I sold every component. Even the screws.
- anoncake 8y ago> Even the screws. Why? Dont normal screw dont work in Apple devices? Or do people think they dont? Are their heads more beautiful?
- superhuzza 8y agoProbably because it's easier to order 'genuine macbook pro 2019 screws' than try and find other screws with the exact same dimensions?
- Scoundreller 8y agoAnd who knows what kind of shitanium is used by 3rd party manufacturers. Or lots rejected by Apple that find their way to market.
- GioM 8y agoEver tried to replace a screw? Finding the exact threading, length, etc?
- serf 8y agofastener measurement is impractical and unrealistic on a device as well documented as an Apple product. A simple search query will find you all of the hardware sizings. As far as measurement being difficult : we're already talking about major disassembly of a device here. These fasteners are small, sure, but I would hope that anyone that is undertaking the task of disassembling whichever expensive product already knows how to manage a magnifying glass and a ruler or caliper. With all that said : with an Apple/Lenovo/Dell product, screw sets can be had on amazon/ebay for extraordinarily cheap. Measurement and fastener acquisition only really happens on one-off models and flighty brands.
- agumonkey 8y agoi wonder if it's possible to root iphones mainboards to use them as standalone compute modules