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.
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.
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.