Apple is just doing what countless other manufacturers have been doing for a long time now- creating disposable products. Look at most cars these days- the saying "they don't make 'em like they used to" is more true in that case than anything else.
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 8:20 AM, Charles Boyung < [email protected]> wrote: > I think you just about hit the nail on the head here. Apple really > does not care about what users may or may want. They never really > have. Apple depends on their following to do everything for them, > and telling outright lies in the marketing that they do do. > > Most Apple consumers are so completely out of touch with what they > are buying, they would never think twice about upgrading their iPhone > instead of replacing the battery like you wanted to do. That's why > they don't offer any sort of battery replacement on the iPhone. Why > try to make a $10 profit on a battery replacement when they can make a > $100 profit on a new iPhone? There are probably more people that are > just going to take that second option rather than do what you did and > look for third-party solutions just because they don't know any > better and trust Apple because they think that they are the "good" > guys. > > On top of that, just look how many people upgraded to the newest > iPhone at full price when their existing phones were still perfectly > good. When you've got people drinking the Kool-Aid like Apple does, > you're bound to take advantage of it as long as you canl. > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Posted from the new ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=45216 > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [email protected] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
