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Don't forget about the disposable laptops with Windows 10 that are no longer supported because Windows 11 doesn't like their TPM or CPU!
Forget about TPM or CPU, Apple just stops supporting devices for no reason other than they're old. If they even manage to survive that long.
Brother LOL I don't understand why you're telling me this when you're the one talking about TPM and CPU. Of course they don't. I'm just pointing out why many many people choose to use Windows instead of Mac.
We weren't talking about phones. But since we are now, software support is meaningless when the hardware is completely irreparable.
So Microsoft and Google do the same stuff as Apple, but for some reason Apple's the only one guilty of planned obsolescence?
BTW I mentioned phones because you said "devices"
They don't. Not even close.
Who told you that?
Microsoft's own Surface devices are among the least repairable on the planet. And Google has a browser and search monopoly, and almost all of their hardware is disposable once they get bored with it.
I don't think you know much about Apple's reputation for repairability. Because they're definitely not.
Okay so you're just taking this opportunity to air whatever grievances come across your mind?
I said that Microsoft and Google are guilty of the same stuff as Apple. You said they don't. So I provided examples.
Apple is the only one that gets the blame on the Internet, especially here in the Fediverse, but they're all guilty.
Once again, you are misinterpreting my statements. They're all guilty, Apple is just by far and away the absolute worst. No one else invents new screws for the explicit purpose of keeping consumers out. No one else has contracts with their suppliers that forbid them from selling to anyone else. No one else serializes components so that even if you install the exact same components from a donor board, they still won't work.
They're ALL doing ALL of it. Microsoft's Surface laptops and tablets are even less repairable than iPads and MacBooks, and Google's devices become paperweights as soon as they get bored (and they WILL get bored... see the size of the Google Graveyard).
Arguing over which one is the worst offender ignores the bigger picture and will lead to things continuing to get worse.
Wrong.
Wrong.
Prove it.
You keep ignoring every single example I've given you by saying it doesn't matter because Apple.
Naming random products and services is not the same thing as giving an example. Meanwhile I've given several examples of exactly how Apple is worse, which you've not addressed at all.
Sounds like someone who wants to hang onto their horse because it just works, but the mess that horses create on the road way affect everyone.
More like slaughtering a perfectly healthy horse when all it needs is new horseshoes.
My 7 year old penguin can lap most peoples horses.
Why would i want to use a new horse that comes crippled, always watches me, supports genocide, keeps putting the saddle back on that I keep telling it I don't want to use, prevents me from riding it the way i want, and tells me my horse and assless chaps are no good every few years?