The problem isn't Louis, it's Apple's repair-hostile policies. Louis is just pointing out that he is physically capable of fixing a thing for $50 in an hour while the apple store would discard the whole motherboard and replace it, costing thousands and taking much more time. Repairing is fundamentally much more environmentally positive than discarding / replacing.

The guy is amazing in his advocacy for systems that can be repaired, updated etc. If people were on Apple, then got turned off because their device broke and couldn't be repaired legally, so they switched to an android that they _can_ repair, that's not Louis' fault - it's Apple's.

This is frankly an astounding take - People like Louis are actively trying to increase the longevity of Apple products with stuff like right to repair.

Louis points out issues with Apple products and somehow he's a bad guy for that? Informing consumers is somehow bad because you think that people should only buy iPhones? Give me a break.

Meanwhile, the only working device (ie: not physically broken) of that sort I still have unused is my iPad2. It's been in a crate of unused electronics for the past several years because it's quite old and unable to be flashed with anything else other than a very old version of iOS. It barely functions, it's so slow. Meanwhile, I've got old HTC, Samsung, and Pixel devices still being used. They typically run some stripped down Android build without a SIM and LAN-only WiFi and make fine media players and "fancy" remotes for lights and such.

Official support is definitely a huge deal and I enjoyed the iPad for several years. But these days, the best way I've found for me to avoid waste is to stick with devices that allow me to install something lightweight of my choice after they are EOL.