On Wed, 17 May 2023 03:17:00 +0000, Here is the News wrote:
"Following a complaint, an investigation was opened in December 2022
into deceptive marketing practices and programmed obsolescence," the
office said in a statement on Monday, adding that the complaint was
filed by an activist group called 'Halte a L'Obsolescence
Programmee' (HOP).
The group's complaint centers around the practice of
'serialization', whereby spare parts like microchips or speakers are
matched with serial numbers to a specific generation of iPhone.
OK. That a specific "this" that they say that only Apple is doing.
No matter how Apple makes excuses for serialization, they did it to
prevent the users from easily replacing parts
On Wed, 17 May 2023 21:21:48 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote:
"It is worth emphasizing that Apple potentially limiting the
functionality of uncertified USB-C cables connected to iPhone 15
models is only a rumor for now" (link 2)
The letter of warning from the EU official to Apple is a fact.
If Apple can restrict key choices of its customers to stray outside of
the purchasing direction that Apple wants them to, Apple will do
everything in their power to design hardware using loopholes in the
standards to do so.
Michael <michael@spamcop.com> wrote:
On Thu, 18 May 2023 03:56:55 +0000, Bob Campbell wrote:
I know what it does as iFixIt has reported extensively on what
Apple did. You lied.
So, how does iFixit "know what Apple did"?
What's obvious is you & he don't know anything about what Apple did.
More importantly, how does iFixit know WHY Apple did whatever Apple
allegedly did?
I'll post the links - but if you don't know, you know nothing about
Apple.
Where is your link for all of this?
Why can't you look it up before demanding links that are all over the
place?
How many links do you need to learn what you should long ago have
known?
Funny how you demand "backup links" for the "lies" of others, yet
you spew absurd claims without any "backup links".
I knew very well what Apple did, so I knew right away that he was
lying.
So because “Apple is locking iPhone battery repair, says iFixit”, that means it is true? Even though one can - in fact - replace the
battery?
As if iFixIt is now an authoritative source for Apple news, with no
agenda.
“How Parts Pairing Kills Independent Repair”. Hmm, no agenda here.
This is clearly the OPINION of iFixIt. It is not a fact.
Well, it qualifies as an Arlen Fact. An opinion piece that agrees
with your opinion.
In the meantime, Apple could choose to not support USB-C PD fast
charging for non-Apple chargers and cables.
It doesn't matter, if they ban Apple products.
Thing is we'll never know if Apple changed their mind following the
response to the rumours.
the iphone product cycle is *long* (3-4 years),
You regularly say. How do you know seeing as you always say no one knows >> anything about Apple other than Apple.
there is a *lot* of evidence, including statements from apple.
here's some of it:
for more than a decade, iphones have had major changes every 4 years:
they can be grouped as follows:
- 4/4s/5/5s (the 5/5s is essentially a stretched 4 without the glass
back, a relatively minor difference)
- 6/6s/7/8
- x/xs/xr/11 (3 year)
- 12/13/14 and soon to be 15.
back in the iphone 4/4s days, phil schiller stated that they were aware
of demand for a larger iphone, but were limited in what they could do beyond stretching the 4/4s to the 5/5s, which was already in progress.
the soonest they could address that demand was with the 6 and 6+.
Right the 3-4 year cycle is for a new design not a new model.
apple sells ~250 million iphones per year (~700k per *day*, or ~10 per *second*), and at that volume, a long cycle is the only option.
Those numbers are simply astonishing.
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