Apple now strives to design and build products that last as long as possible
You know what helps products last longer and reduces waste at the same time?<p><i>Repairability</i>.<p>The repairability of apple products is so poor that even Apple can&#x27;t fix most of their own products without replacing surprisingly large portions of any given Apple device.  End user repairability has been utterly neglected.  Disassembly is frequently impossible without causing damage, and components such as batteries are frequently soldered on.<p>Are other manufacturers better?  They <i>used</i> to be.  Apple leads the way, and now the average phone is nearly as difficult to repair as an iPhone.<p>Hey, it&#x27;s great that they managed to get iOS 12 to run on a 5S.  It probably runs like an absolute dog, but it runs!  Just wonderful.  How easy is it for end-users to replace the battery in that off-warranty 5S?  Oh.  I see.  Well, running iOS 12 on a 5S isn&#x27;t so practical then, is it?<p>Repairability.  I&#x27;ll believe point #2 when Apple stops making every succeeding generation of their products harder for end-users to repair.