The hidden cost of Apple.

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1. How do you feel about Apple? Do you own any Apple products? If not, what do you use?

2. What illogical nonsense. iPhone and Apple products lasts far longer than other similar devices on the market. The Fairphone 2 you are touting is powered by a 5 years old SD 801 and stuck on Android 7.1.2 Nougat. Buying a Fairphone 2 is literally buying a phone that cannot be used and needs to be replaced

3. Abu Dhabi’s yas mall runs on oil and solar energy, so apple is Not using 100% solar energy

4. What would you guys think if companies like apple switch to a rental / service based model? Pay a fixed monthly price and apple will keep your device up-to-date / replacing it when needed. This means apple remains responsible for the hardware and would have an economical incentive to take care of it & recycle parts. For customers it probably gets more expensive overall though but at least you don't need to gamble on an expensive device anymore that might break randomly after the warranty runs out.

5. Just a different perspective probably, but, Apple is greener than some of the other tech firms out in the market. Blatantly blaming Apple for creating the problems for upgrades is rather void considering literally every company releases new upgrades on a yearly basis. As far as stocking of old tech in concerned, it again is not Apple's fault, its just how our consumer market is shaped. That said, Apple is working year-in/out just to move towards a more eco-friendly future which is far more than what some other tech companies even intend to do. As a matter of fact I would argue Apple is probably the only tech firm providing workable updates for devices even after 5-years of release, for the consumers not wanting a device upgrade, which is definitely more than the updates (roughly 2-3 years of patches and updates) provided by some other companies. This might be just my point of view, and I am definitely gonna be blasted for it because I'll surely be called an "Apple Sheep", but you can't deny the facts.

6. Apple has improved to be environmentally friendly, but they have a long way to go and their not mainly focusing on the environment.

7. I just scrolled down saying "NO"…then enter the video just to say that.

8. Pls do this for Samsung

9. Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiders.

10. I still have my Ipad from 2012 and works pretty good, I use it mostly as an ereader and to watch series on netflix.

11. I love this kind of videos, where you talk about subjects that are very interesting but not easy to find things about!! Your videos are well made and super informative, keep up the good work!!

12. We should probably start a movement online to boycott the brands that fall below, say, a C rating until they become more sustainable. Obviously, that would be pretty hard to do though considering some of the names on that list! These companies will never change unless they are either A) forced to do so by government legislation/regulation, or B) forced to do so due to pressure from their customers/the general public, and risk losing profits.

13. 4:08 tbh it's not all our faults. Apple literally admitted to creating software updates that slowed down older phones, and made them more tedious to use, so that people would believe there was an incentive to buy the newest model.

14. so second hand apple is ok to me 🙂

15. Apple is just doing a "little better" when it come to being green, but their products is made to not be fixed – how can you say yes that you should buy apple over a more easily fixed Samsung that will last longer, c'mon.

16. E-waste is consumer issue, not apple's, apple offer to recycle your old tech, but a lot of people just chuck their tech in the trash… also it doesn't matter if apple's products are not easily fixable, because the mass majority of people couldn't be assed to fix their own tech, even if they could, for example, if a hard drive fails in a tower pc, most people would take it to a repair shop, or buy a new computer, instead of replacing the hard drive

17. Realistically no one should be buying a new computer and I’d even argue a new phone for quiet sometime. We’ve hit a plateau in the development of processing power to the point that even 3rd gen Intel processors are still very much relevant in today’s demands.

    Short of processing raw 4K video, Intel has shown that their newest chipsets offer a meager performance gain vs their 3rd gen chips, we’re talking about 10-13%. I am aware of the battery life gains, but I’d argue the majority are attached to a wall jack regardless so those gains are moot.

    On the mobile side, demand has not changed for close to 5/6 years. The operating systems we now utilize are insanely efficient, the iPhone 6s runs day to day operations as fast as the newest iPhone XR.

    At this point people who buy new tech fall into 2 categories.;

    1) Businesses that typically do not consider second hand purchases viable. There are reasons for this, whether or not they’re a strong reason is based on demand within said company.

    2) Those wanting to stay in the “relevancy” sector, who unfortunately buy (literally) into the hype of new is better despite the negative aspects to that mindset.

    I run a 2012 MacBook Pro, I’ve upgraded it along the years, it currently runs a 1TB SSD w/ 16GB of ram. It’s every bit as fast as my coworkers 2018 MBP. My cost was pennies when I purchased it second hand vs their new pricing.

    My iPhone SE has not shown age in the slightest. The camera I will admit has but outside of that, sticks with a friends XR in day to day operations.

    Buying second hand carries a risk, but I feel the pay off is much larger than the risk. Buying new also has risk but the reward is no where near that of buying used/second hand.

    Love your videos, keep them coming.

18. You didn't even cover the recycling aspect of Apple and paper & plastic usage… brother you didn't do your due diligence

19. Please do a video about Asus company!

20. How about their batteries? (Cobalt and Lithium and such)

21. Great video! Helped me a lot ?

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