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If Apple would supply the parts.. This would also not be a problem anymore. Besides, I'd rather that my stolen phone is useful to someone (even if not me) then
by devn0ll 3y ago
If Apple would supply the parts.. This would also not be a problem anymore.
Besides, I'd rather that my stolen phone is useful to someone (even if not me) then thrown away by me after a year. As long as the software made sure nothing of my data is recoverable.
No, I'm sorry but this tactic is nothing but anti-consumer and anti-green.
- Zak 3y agoYou seem to be saying "if stolen iPhones are worthless, iPhones will be stolen and become e-waste", but if stolen iPhones are worthless, very few people will steal iPhones. There are, of course less anti-consumer options than requiring active first-party involvement in any parts replacement. One would be keeping a registry of stolen phones and having the OS phone home after detecting a new part. Of course, that would cost Apple a bit of money (I think they can afford it) and only work with a locked-down OS (not to my taste, but I see no signs of Apple changing it), but it serves the legitimate goal of disincentivizing iPhone theft without raising the barrier to repair and creating extra e-waste.
- devn0ll 3y agoEven better! Thing I was trying to say is they are using "theft" as a way to "build in" planned obsolescence and preventing us from repairing things.