I had a friend who had every single iPhone release. She'd immediately buy the new generation when it came out.
You know what I really want to see, more than any of this gitter and glam and a few features here and there? A real, actual campaign to reduce e-Waste. I way out of this bullshit, constant consumerism mess. How many more wars have to be fought, and people repressed, to continue the machine that gives us more machines?
Apple has so much money at this point. What are they even going to do with more? How about you do something that's actually innovative Apple: Officially open all the hardware specs, bootloader keys and what you can legally release of device drivers for iPhone 1-7. Maybe even contribute some code to get a DarwinBSD booting by itself on those devices; letting developers add on new layers.
How about something that will actually end the cycle of factory sludge, toxic waste and human toil that goes into each new generation of shiny new product.
I'm sick of these releases. Give me something fucking upgradable, fixable and usable. Give me something that's thicker and bulkier, but that I can take apart myself and fix.
I'm in the minority though. The rest of the planet is okay with this. Their advertising has made people even more okay with this, so they'll just keep selling us this crap, until we've extracted every last resource the Earth can give.
I agree, it's absurdly overhyped. I mean, it's just a phone at the end of the day, no need for all this cult capitalist nonsense that goes along with some functionally minor improvements.
And with their huge wealth, Apple has such an opportunity to do some actual good in the world but, really, does fuck all.
You know what I really want to see, more than any of this gitter and glam and a few features here and there? A real, actual campaign to reduce e-Waste. I way out of this bullshit, constant consumerism mess. How many more wars have to be fought, and people repressed, to continue the machine that gives us more machines?
Apple has so much money at this point. What are they even going to do with more? How about you do something that's actually innovative Apple: Officially open all the hardware specs, bootloader keys and what you can legally release of device drivers for iPhone 1-7. Maybe even contribute some code to get a DarwinBSD booting by itself on those devices; letting developers add on new layers.
How about something that will actually end the cycle of factory sludge, toxic waste and human toil that goes into each new generation of shiny new product.
I'm sick of these releases. Give me something fucking upgradable, fixable and usable. Give me something that's thicker and bulkier, but that I can take apart myself and fix.
I'm in the minority though. The rest of the planet is okay with this. Their advertising has made people even more okay with this, so they'll just keep selling us this crap, until we've extracted every last resource the Earth can give.