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> I think a good compromise is for Apple to offer selling "genuine parts" to anyone who practically wants it; and maybe, allow changing parts once the main own
by orangepanda 5y ago
> I think a good compromise is for Apple to offer selling "genuine parts" to anyone who practically wants it; and maybe, allow changing parts once the main owner release control.
They sell hundreds of millions of devices each year. A problem I haven’t seen discussed much — could Apple’s suppliers actually deliver enough parts for new phones and spare parts?
Tesla supposedly has the same problem with spare parts being unavailable, as everything goes into new products.
- Wowfunhappy 5y ago> They sell hundreds of millions of devices each year. A problem I haven’t seen discussed much — could Apple’s suppliers actually deliver enough parts for new phones and spare parts? Since they already sell hundreds of millions of devices a year, I'd say yes. Do you think that if demand for whole devices increased worldwide, Apple wouldn't be able to fulfill it?
- tjoff 5y agoWell, the incentives are not that great - since the alternative is to sell a whole new phone and noone can use the old one.
- nicce 5y ago> Do you think that if demand for whole devices increased worldwide, Apple wouldn't be able to fulfill it? They aren’t able, as the current situation is living proof from that. Note the ongoing chip/semiconductor crisis.
- Wowfunhappy 5y agoSure, but this is recent and temporary, and caused in large part by a once-in-a-century pandemic.
- nicce 5y agoIt is not pandemic alone, otherwise we would have supply already. This problem has developed for years already[1]. And what about pandemic, because of it, supply chains were surprised with the demand of elecronics. So, they could not respond for the demand. And Apple would have had a limit anyway for chip manufacturing based on this. [1] : https://www.bbc.com/news/business-58230388 https://www.bbc.com/news/business-58230388