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> But in this case, the only thing propping up the iPhone is the dominant market position of Apple Surely, Apple selling lots of phones has nothing to do with
by SV_BubbleTime 5y ago
> But in this case, the only thing propping up the iPhone is the dominant market position of Apple
Surely, Apple selling lots of phones has nothing to do with people buying a product that appeals to them, and only to do their evil lobbying and manipulation.
Too bad this evil company Apple has replaced the Apple of your youth, that was cool, and not a for-profit company.
Homie, they’re removing the SIM card because they have the data no one uses it. You’re reaching into IDK-WHAT just to put words on the page. It’ll be OKAY.
- zackmorris 5y agoPerhaps I overreacted, but this is part of a deeper cluster of problems that decommodification deals with: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decommodification https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decommodification Vendor lock-in gradually erodes our freedom. I want to be able to use my own flash storage for expansion, I want to be able to replace my own battery without tools, I want a headphone jack. Times countless other questionable design decisions across their product lines, and those of companies which copied them, that make me sad for what could have been.