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I put repairing a Pencil in the same category as repairing AirPods — disposable. This applies to every other manufacturers small bits and bobs. It just doesn't make economic sense to build this little stuff to be repairable. Yes it's probably possible. The products would probably be larger and certainly more costly to purchase.

These little bits should be recycled but repairable/repaired? I don't think so, Tim. 

I've owned several iPads since the first day of the first iPad. They've always done more than I could take advantage of. I'm disappointed by Apple's insistence of many apps having sidebars, like Mail, instead of keeping text and icons small while hobbling real estate.

I'd like to see the option of selecting different resolutions, similar to wanting a bigger image on a TV, you bought a bigger TV. My current iPads are a 5th Gen mini and a 10.5" iPP. The trend towards 12" and 13" iPads leaves me cold. No doubt others have a use case where these work for them.

The only thing that will make me upgrade to a new iP is OLED screens. I don't expect them this time around, but until then my current gear will do. New software just means to me moving things around or cramming more stuff on the screen, and that doesn't help me. 

OK maybe throw in a native clock app like the Swiss Railroad Clock that give trouble, a native weather app, and a native, simple calculator. I'd like a real On/Off switch as on the Magic TrackPad/TrackPad 2. Most of that won't happen.

mikethemartian said:

I can somewhat understand smaller companies getting suckered but I would expect Samsung and Sony to be smarter than that.

The article says Sony refused to expand production, so I guess they were smarter than that.

Clearly many people and corporations believe ethics have no place in business. It's true the devil is in the business details. Any company can read a contract. That's why they have lawyers. Making your business succeed or fail because of one customer is asking for trouble.

Apple, like many other corporations didn't get rich by being nice guys, models of ethical behavior. They made it with the help of many business practices being legal, in most cases, and by legal practices some of us would call unethical.

Apple is an 1000 pound gorilla in a corporate world of 800 pound and smaller gorillas. If a person or corporate entity has a reputation for not treating their partners fairly under ethics or laws, as with a notable political figure notorious for not paying bills, then anybody doing business with that person or entity invites a certain level of risk.

I don't give Apple a pass for their shark-tank behavior. But I also blame the victim to some degree when "you knew I was a scorpion when you gave me a ride".

Apple is not a warm and fuzzy company. Business is not warm and fuzzy. You're a company that could catch a huge break getting Apple as a customer. You should know the risks. If you can't negotiate a contract that protects you as much as Apple, then don't sign, or halt and catch fire.

pslice said:

I just asked Siri that question and my HomePod and Siri answered the correct time. This seems to be a made up issue. 

Based on your ONE data point.  Don't quit your day job.

maggot777 said:

Is this supposed excite anyone?

Why would you think it is? And why is anyone else's excitement or lack of it a concern to you?