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And consumers "punish" Apple for these unrepairable devices by buying new iphones in record numbers.
Until consumers hurt Apple in the ONE place it cares - it's pocketbook - hope is lost on changing them.
But consumers are like lemmings. We see this in pre-orders for videogames and folks who proudly are buying the latest crop of obnoxiously priced videocards, or in the car industry where some consumers paying way over sticker just so they can have the latest new model.
And then we wonder why companies seem to have us bent over.
I just don’t understand why people buy every new model or even every other model. It always seems to be people that can’t actually afford to purchase them outright and put them on payment plans. It’s stupid. I’m rocking an 11 even though I can afford to go buy a new 14 cash. I’ll probably upgrade to the 15 because I really want a better camera. I could probably rock this 11 for a few more years. Works just fine although there are some small aesthetic blemishes on my current device.
The average person buys a new device every 3 years.