Comment on Apple executives ban Fortnight from the App store

• narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I think iPhones have one of the best iFixit repairability scores among popular smartphones. The current iPhone 16 Pro scores 7/10, while the Pixel 9 Pro and S25 Ultra only achieve 5/10. Parts - first or third party - are broadly available.

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  • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Those scores are simply nonsense and do not account for the parts pairing bullshit. They gave them 7s a couple years ago, then dropped to 5 after public outcry, then just went back to 7s again with no explanation.

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    • narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Other manufacturers did/do parts pairing as well.

      Apple also removed a couple of roadblocks for third party parts and you can pair replacement parts on device now.

      Is it perfect? No. My point is simply that most other major smartphone manufacturers are no better (remember Google’s Pixel 4a battery performance program?). But around these parts people seem to be prejudiced and maybe have outdated information. I just feel like it’s more of a “pick your poison” instead of a “grass is greener on the other side”.

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      • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Well then I stand both shocked and delightfully corrected, thank you.

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