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> or is Apple really doing their darndest to get me to buy a new iPad? It is. > How is this acceptable? It isn’t. You wil not only have to buy a new ipad, yo
by znpy 4y ago
> or is Apple really doing their darndest to get me to buy a new iPad?
It is.
> How is this acceptable?
It isn’t. You wil not only have to buy a new ipad, you’ll also sooner or later have to throw away your old one, despite it being in perfect shape.
Why? Because Apple and other companies in a similar position oppose to right-to-repair legislation and similar concepts, that would allow you to instead run some other os if apple didn’t want to provide further support.
- dzhiurgis 4y agoWhat can Apple do in this case? Let you install linux on it? Open up for sideloading? AFAIK all of those are kinda possible already.
- znpy 4y ago> AFAIK all of those are kinda possible already. possible doesn't automatically imply easy. and this means that most people will just throw away their old ipads and create trash and pollution. but yes, apple at the end of the lifecycle of a ipod/ipad/iphone should push a final update that allows sideloading and alternative OS installation, along with documentation to make such stuff work. then it should be user choice what to do.