Can’t vs won’t. I have no doubt that they could do it, but apple didn’t get to be one of the most powerful companies in the world by doing the thing that is cheaper for the user.
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the_q@lemmy.world 4 months ago
It’s crazy that Apple is lauded as having amazing designers and engineers, but they can’t make easily repairable devices. It’s almost like that’s the point…
highfiveconnoisseur@lemmy.world 4 months ago
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Oddly, these hard to repair things in apples case are actually cheaper because of it, and probably in many cases makes them more durable due to less failure points.
The problems only come up if/when something does fail.
Having to replace a whole board instead of just the ram isn’t cheaper, but that board per unit is cheaper.
test113@lemmy.world 4 months ago
They have, but they are not in charge. Apple’s goal is to make money; everything else comes as an afterthought.
maniclucky@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Ooooh. I have a story for this.
I was a student at Purdue and one of the freshmen “engineering hype” lectures had people from industry come say why they’re so cool, etc. Now, this was specifically an electrical and computer engineering course, not the whole engineering school. These are the people who tore apart their various electronics for fun and made cool stuff using parts from RadioShack (RIP).
Apple came to one. First red flag: they started with “don’t tell anyone we were here”. Weird, but whatever. They proceed with their spiel and, after however long, got to the Q&A bit. Someone raised their hand and asked this: “why does Apple solder RAM into their devices”. This woman said, and I quote, “It is the position of Apple that the consumer has no right to change the product after it has been sold”. With a straight fucking face. Jaws dropped. There was a solid 10 seconds of silence while all these nerds (I include myself here) processed such a blatant anti-consumer (and anti-us if we’re being honest) statement.
She finished up and left a few minutes later. No doubt some of my classmates went on to work for them, but it set my passionate hatred for Apple in stone right there. Don’t care how nice their devices are, even if my husband uses his apple devices all the time (the walled garden works well for his needs), I will never purchase an Apple product for myself.
LifeInOregon@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Apple didn’t solder RAM to their devices in 2010 +/- 1 year
www.ifixit.com/Guide/…/10374
www.ifixit.com/Guide/…/7651
www.ifixit.com/Guide/…/11726
www.ifixit.com/Guide/…/15623
www.ifixit.com/Guide/…/147697
The exception was the MacBook Air.
Allero@lemmy.today 4 months ago
Thanks for tha fact check!
maniclucky@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Guy must have been talking about that then. This was one of my rare clear memories. I had no idea about it at the time till that guy asked.