PuddingFeeling@lemmy.ca to Apple@lemmy.world · 10 months agoApple confirms it will no longer use leather for new Apple accessories, starting today.www.macrumors.comexternal-linkmessage-square82fedilinkarrow-up1208arrow-down131file-textcross-posted to: vegan@lemmy.world
arrow-up1177arrow-down1external-linkApple confirms it will no longer use leather for new Apple accessories, starting today.www.macrumors.comPuddingFeeling@lemmy.ca to Apple@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square82fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: vegan@lemmy.world
minus-squareBEZORP@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·10 months agoYeah but now imagine they were part of a sixty year old computer. Kind of a waste if you ask me. The electronics here will be grossly obsolete within five years.
minus-squareTammo-Korsai@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoI wasn’t implying there was a need for a sixty year old computer, just that some natural materials are superior to their substitutes.
minus-squareBEZORP@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoI got that, I was just repeating the number. My point is that leather is more durable than is necessary for a consumer electronic, especially one from Apple which has made planned obsolescence continuous innovation a cornerstone of their business.
Yeah but now imagine they were part of a sixty year old computer. Kind of a waste if you ask me.
The electronics here will be grossly obsolete within five years.
I wasn’t implying there was a need for a sixty year old computer, just that some natural materials are superior to their substitutes.
I got that, I was just repeating the number. My point is that leather is more durable than is necessary for a consumer electronic, especially one from Apple which has made
planned obsolescencecontinuous innovation a cornerstone of their business.