[ifixit] We Are Retroactively Dropping the iPhone’s Repairability Score::We need to have a serious chat about iPhone repairability. We judged the phones of yesteryear by how easy they were to take apart—screws, glues, how hard it was…

    • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      apple people buy every new phone because they have massive FOMO and don’t want to be “shamed” by appearing poor by having an “old” phone.

      Apple has created a cult of weirdos obsessed with spending thousands in service of their company for imaginary status and clout.

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        1 year ago

        That might be true for some.

        I genuinely just love iOS.

        I got the 2nd iPhone, then the 5, got a 6 plus used, then got an SE2, gave that to my daughter, now I’m rocking a 12. This 12 was a gift from a friend or I wouldn’t be using it.

        I won’t upgrade until I absolutely have to.

        I honestly just genuinely prefer iOS to android.

        And then their computers. If you were using a Mac with system 7, you can use a Mac today. Old folks suffer with change. Every new windows they move stuff around and make it impossible for old people (like my poor uncle who is still looking for “my computer” constantly).

        My daily driver is Linux, but I love MacOS as well. I still use my 2012 power mac to record music because it’s what I know and love. If I needed to do more I’d get a newer used Mac.

        Some people just like how it works and the fact that it’s been consistent for decades.

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      1 year ago

      It’s the new keeping up with the Joneses. We can’t afford houses or new cars so what’s next?

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        To be fair, I’d have no idea why you’d want a brand new car anyways. They are inferior to older cars and just help with creating more waste.

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          A few years ago it was major safety upgrades for me. I do agree generally that buying new just because is not a good thing. In the next few years though I suspect it’s going to be a gas cost thing with a large switch to electrics. (Where I live the cost of gas has risen 60 cents in the last 2 months against a national average increase of 10 cents.)

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            Asian makes and models have always gotten great gas mileage to begin with though, especially within the last thirty years. Hybrids for the most part have only brought good gas mileage to american manufacturers, but even then the Asian ones are still better than this.

            That being said though, there’s no real evidence that hybrids are significantly better for the environment considering many drivers still use combustion for propulsion along with the fact that the electricity in the battery tends to be charged on coal power.

            Electric cars are the future, but the state of electric cars right now are a serious mess due to manufacturer greed.

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              Oh yeah I’m not going to pretend electrics are perfect. Just that it’s going to go that way.