> The economic incentives of selling gadgets less often obviously don't line up with making Apple more money... I disagree. Longevity is a big part of why I bu

> The economic incentives of selling gadgets less often obviously don't line up with making Apple more money... I disagree. Longevity is a big part of why I buy Apple products. Laptops that last 8-10+ years and the fact that they hold enough resale value that I can sell it used when I need to upgrade are massive selling points. Likewise the fact that I get 4-5 years of useful (supported) life out of the iPhone versus 2-3 for Android phones. > I don't think that's the case for laptops and other devices where there are serviceable alternatives though; I see a lot more old ThinkPads in use than I do old MacBooks. My MacBook is 8 years old and will likely be in use for at least a few more years. Pretty much every Mac I've owned has lasted for a decade or I've sold it while it was still running. As I said above, reliability is a big chunk of why I started buying Macs. Apple's single standout reliability on MacBooks as far as I know is that keyboard issue.