| No amount of security or performance benefits can outweigh even the environmental/eWaste disaster alone that non-upgradable RAM chips/storage and lack of user replaceable batteries are responsible for. Then there’s the cost thing. Have 8GB of RAM in your MacBook and want 16GB? Whoa, boy; that’ll cost you. That old computer’s pretty useless now, and we go right back to the eWaste problem. Soldered RAM/storage/batteries are the epitome of greed in technology. They prioritized the customer purchasing a whole new product over simply upgrading one component; creating a literal never-ending shit-stream of eWaste and products increasingly designed to stay properly functional for less time. The law chases them; and instead of getting the message and smartening up; they find loopholes to get out of it. There’s no excuse. It’s greed. EDIT: More importantly - can we please stop making excuses for these greedy assholes, and start collectively working on change? We need to start focusing on the planet, and this is a super easy start. |