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[-] Hildegarde@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

You don't become a trillion dollar company by selling people things they need. The strategy is to induce demand.

Apple designs products so that when broken it requires a repair that costs 50-75% the cost of the device if repaired by Apple. If you're paying that much to fix it you might as well just buy a new one.

The apple vision pro is glued together, the outer shell and internal lenses have highly scratchable plastic on the outside. Want to fix it, over a thousand. They can't just remove some screws replace the broken part. This is a deliberate design decision.

It's not about making good products, it's about money. If you decide buy a trackpad for when your mouse is charging, apple make bank.

[-] Jax@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago

I would love for an evironmental protection agency to hold corporations accountable for designed obsolescence.

[-] Hildegarde@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

do you even regulatory capture, bro?

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