Edit: Jesus Christ, people. If you buy a $150 Thinkpad made by slave labor instead of a $1,200 MacBook made by slave labor, you’re still supporting a capitalist economy based on slave labor. We all do. We have no choice. The number of smug liberals in the comments saying “well I buy a cheap used laptop” or “well I buy coffee beans and make my own coffee” are completely missing the fucking point.
Don’t tell yourself your consumption is moral. All of us make unethical choices every day because there is no ethical consumption under capitalism. Accept your shame and guilt and let it drive you to do better.
And I would wager that the vast majority of people have no idea how to upgrade RAM or change an SSD, and many would be afraid to even attempt it, so weight is of much bigger importance to them.
Computer repair stores exist, but I suspect Apple users wouldn’t know this, as all Apple has are sales people telling you to buy a new one or spend the price of a new one to get whatever fixed or upgraded (which isn’t actually an option).
Why would someone pay to repair a computer they don’t think is broken? Just because you understand what more ram and a bigger drive mean doesn’t mean the average person does.
And who’s fault is that? Companies who make things that can’t be upgraded or repaired, so people don’t know it’s an option.
Do people not know or is having something lightweight more important to them?
Why do you care so much what other people choose to spend their money on?
I don’t care, but those attitudes and habits, and the bullshit you’re defending has a real effect on something I do care about. The environment. But you do you.
https://globalewaste.org/
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/world-losing-battle-against-electronic-waste-un-finds-2024-03-20/
And replacing old RAM and old drives wouldn’t also create a lot of waste?
Exactly what percentage of the waste generated today is Macbooks?
It would reduce the amount of waste greatly, so would repairable products. And I guess enough of it is Apple for them to be a trillion dollar business.
You ride that apple d hard, damn.
I’m sure you think insulting me will make me a huge fan of Apple rather than someone who understands why people buy them, but I’m afraid it won’t work. Sorry. You can’t wish someone into who you want them to be.