Is This the End of the Repairable iPhone?
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#2> But the main camera module is not a security component.
I wonder if this is related to the fact that iOS now shows an indicator light when the camera is active? If your phone ended up with a modified camera, perhaps it could spy on you without you knowing.
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#3I think the story isn't the end of the repairable iPhone. It's about the end of the consumer (or consumer segment) who cares enough to vote with their dollars for repairability more than new functionality and price.
We are all free to vote with our money what we want. We collectively choose not to, on average.
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#4I think the story isn't the end of the repairable iPhone. It's about the end of the consumer (or consumer segment) who cares enough to vote with their dollars for repairability more than new functionality and price. We are all free to vote with our money what we want. We collectively choose not to, on average.
How would the consumer ever get to "vote" tho?
There never was a year where Apple released a mediocre repairable phone and a slicker unrepairable phone, so the vote has never happened.
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#5I think the story isn't the end of the repairable iPhone. It's about the end of the consumer (or consumer segment) who cares enough to vote with their dollars for repairability more than new functionality and price. We are all free to vote with our money what we want. We collectively choose not to, on average.
How would the consumer ever get to "vote" tho? There never was a year where Apple released a mediocre repairable phone and a slicker unrepairable phone, so the vote has never happened.
The first step of the process is to not buy anything apple recognizing there hardly ever was a company more hostile to user freedom both on software and hardware side.
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#6IMO it’s more direct to ask companies to be responsible for their externalities than it is to ask for repairability.
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#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
How would the consumer ever get to "vote" tho? There never was a year where Apple released a mediocre repairable phone and a slicker unrepairable phone, so the vote has never happened.
The first step of the process is to not buy anything apple recognizing there hardly ever was a company more hostile to user freedom both on software and hardware side.
Apple is not a computer company. They are a consumer electronics company.
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#8> But the main camera module is not a security component. I wonder if this is related to the fact that iOS now shows an indicator light when the camera is active? If your phone ended up with a modified camera, perhaps it could spy on you without you knowing.
The article is arguing that it shouldn't be treated like a security component, but I'd probably disagree with that.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
The first step of the process is to not buy anything apple recognizing there hardly ever was a company more hostile to user freedom both on software and hardware side.
Apple is not a computer company. They are a consumer electronics company.
Is that relevant?
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
How would the consumer ever get to "vote" tho? There never was a year where Apple released a mediocre repairable phone and a slicker unrepairable phone, so the vote has never happened.
The first step of the process is to not buy anything apple recognizing there hardly ever was a company more hostile to user freedom both on software and hardware side.
An alternative first step might be for other companies to make products that are as good as Apple’s.