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Intent is less important when we're burning the world for blue bubbles, cheaper waterproofing, and a few millimeters thinner.

If iphones had to be priced with externalities included (via regulation) I suspect they'd get user replaceable batteries shortly there after.

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I suspect that of all the things burning the world, it's mostly oil and cars. iPhones are unusually useful, but they're not unusually resource intensive.

Just because something is worse doesn't mean we should ignore the problems of the first.

If you've ever heard someone talk about frying fish, and how they have bigger ones that need frying, they're probably speaking metaphorically.

Some things are mutually exclusive. User serviceable phones and more sustainable transportation are not.

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