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by AWildC182
2388 days ago
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> but their "Companies should prioritize on ease of repair even if it makes the devices less portable and less secure" narrative flips me. Everything wears out eventually. Nothing made in the past ten years is made to last forever and the trend is accelerating. Everyone uses their devices differently whether they're carefully stored in a laptop bag when not in use or sit out in a machine shop and everything in between. Processors aren't really getting that much faster so devices can last a lot longer than the did in the past.
To spite this, build quality is getting worse and everyone is gluing batteries into their devices that WILL degrade to uselessness after 2-3 years of regular use. This mentality has to stop if don't want to create mountains of useless e-waste. Edit: also, nobody is asking for less security. Device theft isn't that big of an issue. This is just apple trying to screw with the resale market because they're struggling to sell more new devices when their existing ones aren't being obsoleted at the rate they used to. |
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On what basis are you making this claim?
At least for phones, activation locks had a noticeable impact on reducing device theft (which was rampant for a while earlier in the smartphone era and a real public safety concern in cities).
https://techcrunch.com/2015/02/11/apples-activation-lock-lea...