> We wouldn't have an iPhone 4S if Apple was still spending time and money repairing Gen 1 iPods. You are right that this makes the transition harder. If there

> We wouldn't have an iPhone 4S if Apple was still spending time and money repairing Gen 1 iPods. You are right that this makes the transition harder. If there was a rental model, Apple would just replace and recycle Gen 1 iPods. > It's not a broken economic system. We can disagree about Apple, but Planned Obsolescence is a fact for some products and I can't see how it is not broken, unless you leave natural resources completely out of the picture. (Then our current model is awesome.)