Apple is known to shred devices. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-04-18/apple-iphone-recycling-program-has-secrets https://www.bloomberg.com/news/f

Apple is known to shred devices. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-04-18/apple-iphone-recycling-program-has-secrets https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-04-18/apple-iph... https://www.vice.com/en/article/yp73jw/apple-recycling-iphones-macbooks https://www.vice.com/en/article/yp73jw/apple-recycling-iphon... https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/10/07/apple-geep-iphone-recycle-shred/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/10/07/apple-g... I agree their devices last "long" but if they were upgradable they would last much longer.