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0 pointsfartcannon5y ago0 comments

You don't have to fuck around with it! You CAN just use it like a regular locked down device, and throw it into a landfill when youre done.

The rest of us can get on with using the otherwise wasted power of all these tiny computers.

Think of the waste caused by Apples profiteering.

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klelatti5y ago

The real waste comes from inadequately powered devices that have to be retired early because they are no longer fast enough. I think Apple have a decent record on this front although right to repair is another matter.

shsizbz5y ago

Im posting this comment on an iPhone SE (1st gen) I got in mid 2016. I still get OS updates, not just security patches.

Whats that about Apple waste? Its people that waste and drive waste.

Id love it if I could load my own OS and do whatever on this little phone, but only if iOS itself was still locked up. I dont need to add even more worry about the safety of my “phone” (really portfolio of everything Ive done since Ive been online)

smichel175y ago

Many years ago, Apple removed all apps for the 1st gen iPod touch from the app store, with no warning. I found out about this when I did a factory reset (ironically, this was to un-jailbreak my iPod touch, since the jailbreak slowed it down a little and I wasn't using any of its features). Imagine my surprise and frustration when all the apps I was using moments before - Spotify, Fruit Ninja, Opera Mini (the only browser that was acceptably fast on that device) - were suddenly gone with no recourse.. except to upgrade. Which I did -- away from an ecosystem where a company has that kind of control over me.

GeekyBear5y ago

>How to download old versions of apps from the App Store

https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/02/08/how-to-download-o...

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fartcannonOP5y ago

Try that with an iPhone 6. Apple's position on right to repair and planned obsolescence is well known:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batterygate

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