We Are Retroactively Dropping the iPhone’s Repairability Score

[-] Wintex@lemm.ee 168 points 1 year ago

Good job ifixit! This should be a cause for outrage. Pretending to support the right to repair while also softwarelocking repairs is not just two faced, but actively harming the consumers.

[-] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 78 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Place Pikachu surprised face meme here for me, please. Apple simps, unite.

EDIT: They always do.

[-] Dasnap@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago

[-] sadreality@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

Most Apple SIMPs don't care it seems they got nothing to hide and they are deff not poor to be worried about shit like this. Just buy a new one ;)

[-] johnthedoe@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

While I personally wouldn’t repair my own iPhone. If I need it done I would want to go to an Apple Store anyway. This makes selling on your phone for other people to fix and use and sell on and use again virtually impossible, which would’ve been more sustainable than just binning the phone.

It’s especially shitty since they also announced net zero plans. It’s all smoke and mirrors.

[-] sadreality@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

SIMPs don't think big picture but you do make a very valid point...

Second hand market benefits everyone except Tim apple

[+] doom_and_gloom@lemmy.ml 64 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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[-] donescobar@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

You know, as both an Apple fanboy and a repair advocate I was disgusted by their over affirmation of being carbon neutral like it’s a badge to be proud of when people KNOW they are just not friendly to repairing your shit easily.

I’m heavily locked into their ecosystem but they are starting to push their luck with me trying to push this bullshit.

[-] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

people KNOW they are just not friendly to repairing your shit easily.

You know, I got into an argument about this recently and there were 3 different people trying to argue exactly the opposite to me. And they used ifixit's scores as evidence. So no, people don't know. Apple's disinformation works.

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[-] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ever wondered why the cable breaks so easily? It’s because they use crappy materials. Oh, and it’s also ecological or something, which obviously has no impact on profit margins, right.

[-] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 30 points 1 year ago

So sad. I got into argument just a few days ago and they used ifixit's repairability score as justification for their nonsense.

[-] downpunxx@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago

Has anyone been surprised in the slightest that Apple locks you in, since the 1980's? I mean, it's literally ALWAYS BEEN the shittiest company to do any tech work with because it's so proprietary, in their hardware, software, entire ecosystem. THIS WAS ALWAYS THE PROBLEM WITH APPLE WHY HAVE SO MANY IDIOTS BOUGHT INTO IT.

[-] DarkGamer@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

WHY HAVE SO MANY IDIOTS BOUGHT INTO IT.

Good UI, familiarity, catering to non-tech people, marketing to certain lifestyles, and the hassle of migrating out of the apple ecosystem and buying new apps. At one time apple had better offerings than the PC world did, but when it caught up any reason to buy apple products at 1.5x the cost evaporated for me. This was long before smartphones.

[-] ivanafterall@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

At one time apple had better offerings than the PC world did

Source?

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[-] sadreality@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Decent product with big marketing appealing to their desire to be uniquely elite

People voted with their wallets

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[-] joel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 year ago

Better late than never

[-] hiramfromthechi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I love the Fair movement

[-] Lemmyvisitor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

seems to make apple's support of easily removable batteries a bit less rosy.

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