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Meh, people will not get tired of this it seems. What did the eternal repeating of this ever net you? A tentative promise that they will support the right to r
by pdimitar 5y ago
Meh, people will not get tired of this it seems. What did the eternal repeating of this ever net you? A tentative promise that they will support the right to repair movement, one they are not obligated to fulfill, and of course it’s always in the future.
That’s the best you could hope for with such naive activism.
Anecdotal evidence: out of 20+ people with iPhones I know, only one ever had to send it for repairs. In our backwater Eastern Europe this still took only two days: he got a brand new one without having to pay a penny.
I get it, devices we buy must be repairable. Lately I bought a laptop and I’m looking forward to upgrading its RAM and SSD by myself. And I’ll enjoy decommissioning my old gaming PC in a year or so by disassembling it and selling it in parts. I too want repair ability in my tech, and I enjoy practicing it.
But apparently Apple will not budge. It’s astonishing how people are under the illusion that talking is going to sway one of the biggest company entities on the planet. And it makes for pretty boring news.
“You heard it here first folks, the planet is still spinning today“.
- nyx-aiur 5y agoIf you have a blog with other hot takes I would love to read them at the loo.
- franga2000 5y agoWas this sent to Apple? No, it was posted to a public forum. This isn't about begging Apple to change, it's about informing people that Apple should change. The more people care about this, the more pressure it puts on both Apple and legislators to make this happen. We've seen it happen with car parts years ago. Of course Apple doesn't care about what people say. They care about how much money people give them and how much politicians take away. And neither of those will change without talking about it first.
- pdimitar 5y agoYeah, that's the legend I keep hearing about my entire life and still haven't seen it happen even once. People being "informed" does not nullify the fact there's literally almost zero choice nowadays. Not like Samsung or many others are easy to repair either...
- imajoredinecon 5y agoThe desired outcome here isn't "persuading Apple to budge." It's using the democratic process to arrive at legal changes that make businesses cease an abusive practice. The first step on that road is better public awareness.
- pdimitar 5y agoAnd I am saying that the democratic process is overrated and is mostly an urban legend. Just look around the world (and even some places in USA as well). But I don't want to derail this and move it to politics because there people don't react rationally, it's all just downvotes because somebody's sensibilities got offended. So we better stop here before it all goes to a flame fest.