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The same Tim Cook that tries to make iPhones as unrepairable as possible? :)

Don’t fall for feelgood greenwashing.

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Is that why iFixit rated the iPhone 14 repairability as 7/10?

https://www.ifixit.com/News/64865/iphone-14-teardown

4 days later, they've dropped it down to 4/10, mostly from artificial barriers Apple has erected for third-party repair.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37573332

If Tim Cook had calmly said what he did, I’d believe it was just toeing the party line. The fact that he actually got angry, though? He doesn’t strike me as the sort of person who’d fake that, I don’t think that’s the image he wants if nothing else.

He doesn't have to fake it. Dude probably believes that there's no connection between right to repair, unsustainable consumption, and planetary destruction. That might be worse than faking it.

Pretty sure repairability has been getting dramatically better the last couple generations. The entire back panel is replaceable on 15s

Because people are pushing right to repair laws and Apple wants to do just enough to reduce the desire for those.

Still better CO2 footprint than anything else on the market

What?

iPhones have long support cycles. iOS 17 supports the iPhone XS/XR, which were released 5 years ago. So iPhone users don't have to replace their phone as much, reducing environmental impact. Plus with the recycling and other stuff used to make iPhones in the first place, their environmental impact is going to be lower than some other options on the market. Combine these two things together (longer device life, smaller impact for making a new device) and I can believe iPhones have the smallest CO2 footprint.

Phew, there I was thinking Apple do their best to make sure customers buy the new phone every year, but glad to hear it's not happening thanks to Apple.

I mean, Apple should just release a new model every five years and really get that footprint down...

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