RemontoireApple exec's latest interview is a pile of greenwashed BS
tst123The greenest thing you can do is keep your old iPhone going for as long as possible. Apple won’t tell you that because it’s not good for their sales
Eager EagleThe most sustainable phone is the one you already own
and that’s coming from Fairphone, a company which main mission is sustainability.
The most sustainable phone is the one you already own - Fairphone
A phone’s biggest environmental impact comes from the manufacturing process. That’s why – whether it’s a Fairphone or something else – the most sustainable phone available is the one you already own. So the longer you keep it, the more sustainable it becomes. Extending the lifespan of existing phones is the best strategy for reducing […]
9tr6gyp3Apple still giving software support to the iPhone 8, released almost 6 years ago. Is there currently a company still pushing updates to a phone that old?
gzrrtIs that an argument in favor of glued-in batteries, though? A lot of users' phones aren't going to make it for six years if it's non-trivial (or impossible) to swap the battery out for a new one.
Dark_BladeIt uses pull-tab adhesive, which even most Right-to-Repair advocates consider ‘sufficiently repairable’. When it comes to glue, Samsung’s worse by a mile.
A PC from 2003 still runs a modern OS. No Apple isn’t the good guy, other companies are just even cheaper.
Pretty sure I could install Alpine linux on a Pentium 1 if I wanted to. Hardware doesn’t “go bad,” it just gets slow or stops working.
It doesn’t get slow. Modern software just gets better resulting in more powerful hardware needed which results in older hardware feeling slow.
Modern software just gets better
Software updates do not necessarily make software better.
You’re correct but you get what I was trying to say.
QuokkaCan it run Windows 11 with that tpm or whatever requirement it was called?
No of course not. Thankfully open hardware means no company dictates it alone.
It can always run Linux
Some very minimal versions of Linux.
And I’m sure an old iPhone can run some jailbroken shit as well. So afaic there’s little argumentative difference.
It can run a very competent desktop. The hard things to run are web browsers.
LiGuangming1981If you use Rufus you can remove that and all other hardware requirements and install 11 on much older computers than Microsoft intended.
Why would you run windows when there’s better operating systems for free?
I’ve got arch on a laptop. It’s fun for ricing and all but Windows is so much easier from a user standpoint.
There’s a reason Linux makes up only 1.2% of OS’s used, maybe next year will be the “year of Linux” and everything will suddenly work and support all software but until than I’ll use the “worse” OS daily.
Bro, you’re talking about Arch. No duh it isn’t user friendly—it isn’t designed to be. If you’re going to compare Windows to Linux, the only fair comparison would be to Ubuntu or Linux Mint or something else designed for the people outside of the tech-illuminati.
I’ve used many distros before, don’t try to pretend it’s only this distro holding Linux back.
Linux is just not there. No one wants to deal with compiling from source, worrying about dependencies, and all that other shit that makes software such a fucking pain in the arse.
With Windows you have the worlds largest selection of software and it largely continues to work 20+ years after release for many apps.
In my opinion, it is perceived difficulty that keeps people from using it. Most basic users will use the OS that is installed on the computer when it ships and never stray from that. It often takes another Linux user to introduce someone to it before they will use it.
Those concerns you mentioned are basically non existent for a low level user who just wants to do email, internet, and word documents, which covers a decent chunk of home windows users. Not all, of course, but many.
In my entire social and family circle that comprises hundreds of people, I can count with one hand the number of people who are even close to proficient enough with a computer to be assured of a decent experience with *nix systems, (excluding macOS, naturally).
My litmus test is “will you be comfortable with opening a terminal and typing in a bunch of text commands?”
If not, I’d only recommend Windows or macOS. I don’t want to play tech support for hours to my parents or granny or my in-laws at 11pm on Saturday night guiding them to through a tutorial to fix their borked computer because they “accidentally clicked something but they can’t remember what and now it doesn’t load facebook”.
That 2003 PC probably does not receive firmware updates from the manufacturer, and hasn’t for over a decade.
It might still function, but that doesn’t mean it is still supported. At this point, many operating systems won’t even install due to the x86-64bit requirements.
None of that matters. No company can say what your hardware can do. Apple’s policies are disgustingly anti-user.
hoodatninjaI've got a 12 max pro that is still running fantastically. Changed the battery once so far. I have no intention of moving on until the performance really drops
FoxBJKWe need to take a page from the EU and force this stuff to happen by law. Expecting for-profit businesses to do anything they’re not legally required to is simply naive.
I live in the EU and I even wish for a bit more aggressiveness regarding laws like this. It's a very slow moving machine, but I feel like it does have the ability to create change.
It 100% does! The next iPhones will have USB-C in them, and that’s not because Apple thinks it’s time to deprecate Lightning. They love their proprietary USB 2 connection! They were forced to upgrade, and you did that!
Well, I wouldn’t be surprised if instead of going USB-C, they just went full wireless charging…because Apple can’t be arsed to make their products integrate well with others and they’ll find every conceivable way to avoid doing so.
Doesn’t this guy own a phone repair company, and so would have a lot of interest in making an argument for that?
macbooks, no phones. And how do you make an argument that it’s better to change the whole phone than just the battery?
…So he wants to expand into phones. And I wouldn’t, I just don’t like when guys pretend they’re not doing the exact thing apple is doing.
VoyajerNo, he used to do phones a long time ago though iirc. He's repeatedly said he doesn't want to get back into phone repair because there's no margin.
Have you considered he opened a repair store cause he’s sick of the bullshit consumerism and irreparable devices
He didn’t open a business to make money? So it’s a non-profit?
By your logic, any business is evil because they make money and exploit the customer. Now you win the argument, go home.
I never said it’s evil, I just don’t like when dudes pretend they’re not doing the same thing apple is
LoafyLemonAny business is evil*
*Except apple \s
I used to watch his content a couple of years ago and I remember him saying multiple times that he reaches his goal if he goes out of buisness. Devices being so easy to repair, that his services are no longer needed would be a reason he’ll gladly accpect as a failure of his buisness. I haven’t watched him in a while so I’m not sure whether he still holds that opinion. But given that the laptops, phones and harddrives waiting for repair where literary piling up in his workshop, it’s more likely that his shop burns down than him running out of customers. What he lacks is time, and skilled workers to fullfill orders, which are much harder to come by than broken electronics.
It’s not profit if it’s his own wages
this guy just wants to help you replace parts of your phone instead of your whole phone
I don't see the issue
Have you come across Louis Rossmann online before?
It’s opposite for his business. His business become useless if people can replace batteries by themselves what the EU rule states.
Are you under the impression everyone changes their own cars oil
Cars oil need more steps than removing the back of a phone and out a new battery.
ZeroHoraEven so, what the problem with that? He advocate and put a lot of effort to change repairability and is beneficial to a lot of people, the Apple side of repairability is beneficial for whom?
I don’t know, are there?
Lexi SneptauriPhone batteries are already pretty easy to replace. I’ve done it dozens of times for several different models. It requires two screws, a bit of heat and a suction cup, then a couple more screws and some pull tabs. Usually takes under 30 minutes to do.
I don’t know how you could make it much easier while keeping the waterproofing. Rossman is a highly opinionated guy and I appreciate his advocacy, but he also makes no attempt to be fair to the product designers and is very biased.
CorkyskogIf Fairphone can do it, I would think a company valued at like 3 Trillion dollars could do it…
Fairphone 4 isn’t IP68 though, it’s IP54. I personally don’t care much about waterproof vs water resistent, but let’s not pretend these two ratings are identical.
Yeah well, my dad’s phone is an IP69 and it can beat up your dad’s phone
It’s not as waterproof as the iPhone. Also likely made of entirely different materials.
The main thing for me is the quality of the pull tabs. It might partly be a skill issue but in my experience they break 3 out of 4 times, and then it transforms into a miserable experience. I’ve changed iPhone batteries maybe 6 or 7 times now and I’ve never managed to get better at it, even by being super careful.
They need to find a better system to stick those batteries, at this point I’m convinced pull tabs are terrible by choice.
I’ve had lots of luck removing them, but I’m usually very patient with the pull. Slow, relatively level pulling with the end wrapped around my tweezers twice always seems to work. I think I’ve only snapped one out of dozens, and a dropper of IPA dissolved the adhesive in a couple seconds, so it wasn’t that big an inconvenience in the end.
I’ve never had this issue, but I pull them pretty slowly
Capitalism won’t save the planet.
Rejection of it will.
Every time I see Rossman’s face he is butthurt about Apple. I don’t know if it’s just the reporting or does he ignore issues presented by other manufacturers
He does often mention that others do it too, and has videos about other companies like Samsung, just not nearly as much.
He has been running a repair shop for apple products for a decade. So he is more knowledgeable about them as well as more affected by their choices regarding repairability.
VoyajerIf you watched any of his videos you’d know the answer and you wouldn’t have made this comment.