Apple exec's latest interview is a pile of greenwashed BS

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Apple still giving software support to the iPhone 8, released almost 6 years ago. Is there currently another company still pushing updates to a phone that old?

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- A PC from 2003 still runs a modern OS. No Apple isn’t the good guy, other companies are just even cheaper.
  
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- My 6s still gets software support, does it run the latest OS? No, of course not and nor should it. But Apple is still supporting/supplying my old ass iPhone general software/security updates. It’s in a company’s best interest to get customers to purchase their latest products but that shouldn’t undercut their commitment to their older products. I have stayed an Apple customer not because of their new products but because of the longevity of their old products/ support for said products.
  
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- Is 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 out the battery for a new one.
  
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The most sustainable phone is the one you already own

and that's coming from Fairphone, a company that sells more sustainable devices. Imagine the footprint of other brands.

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I'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

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We 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.

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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.

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- 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!
  
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Capitalism won't save the planet.

Rejection of it will.

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Does anyone know if he really uninstalled GrapheneOS of his device after the disagreement with Daniel Micay (former lead developer of GrapheneOS Project ) or it was just a clickbait?

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I don't know, are there?

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iPhone 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.

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- The Galaxy S5 also had atrocious build quality and never really held up to water like advertised. Very shitty phone.
  
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If Fairphone can do it, I would think a company valued at like 3 Trillion dollars could do it...

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- 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.
  
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- It’s not as waterproof as the iPhone. Also likely made of entirely different materials.
  
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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.

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- 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.
  
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- I’ve never had this issue, but I pull them pretty slowly
  
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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

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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.

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He does often mention that others do it too, and has videos about other companies like Samsung, or camera companies, just not nearly as much.

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Apple isn’t perfect, but they are a great target to get clicks. I’ve been repairing phones, as a charity for kids in need for years, and they can be annoying to fix but they’re way more straightforward than most Android phones. Parts are usually really cheap and easy to find too.

He should be going after the $300 Android phone that is made to be disposable and is basically unrepairable. I don’t even bother with those anymore.

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If you watched any of his videos you'd know the answer and you wouldn't have made this comment.

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- I don’t and I did. What’s your point? I’m not gonna watch some YouTuber I’m not interested in just to find out if he is butthurt about other things than
  
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Doesn’t this guy own a phone repair company, and so would have a lot of interest in making an argument for that?

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- …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.
  
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It's the opposite for his business. His business become useless if people can replace batteries by themselves what the EU rule states.

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- Are you under the impression everyone changes their own cars oil
  
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Even 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?

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Louis Rossman is a pile of BS.

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Some elaboration might be needed.

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- I think that's how New Yorkers say "Hello" to each other.
  
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