Sounds like an efficient way for that person to self-filter outta your life.

Creating revenue streams is far more valuable than cutting costs.

Apple does a phenomenal job in providing solutions to problems they created in the first place.

• Get rid of ports on the computer ➡️ Buy adapters
• Get rid of the headphone jack ➡️ Buy AirPods
• Proprietary lightning port ➡️ Buy more unstandardized cables/adapters
• No expandable memory ➡️ Buy an iCloud subscription
• No spare/replaceable battery ➡️ Buy a battery replacement service
• Little thing breaks ➡️ Shoulda bought AppleCare to make it somewhat less expensive

regardless of the company

This is key.

“Planned obsolescence tends to work best when a producer has at least an oligopoly. Before introducing a planned obsolescence, the producer has to know that the customer is at least somewhat likely to buy a replacement from them in the form of brand loyalty. In these cases of planned obsolescence, there is an information asymmetry between the producer, who knows how long the product was designed to last, and the customer, who does not. When a market becomes more competitive, product lifespans tend to increase.”

Sideloading is supposedly on the way. No ETA though.

I mean yeah, adopting USB-C is great (even though they only did it because of the backlash in the EU), but…

“While the new standard iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus are equipped with a USB-C port, data transfer over a cable remains limited to USB 2.0 speeds of up to 480 Mbps, which is equal to the Lightning port on previous iPhones.”

Only the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max support USB 3 data transfer speeds of up to 10 Gbps over a cable. (Cable/adapter sold separately.)

So the speeds are still being throttled.

Plus, both the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus are at a 60Hz refresh rate. Idk if I’d consider these “good iterative updates” tbh.

I like the stock.