PuddingFeeling [she/her] to Apple • 1 year agoApple confirms it will no longer use leather for new Apple accessories, starting today.www.macrumors.comexternal-linkmessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up1209arrow-down131file-textcross-posted to: vegan
arrow-up1178arrow-down1external-linkApple confirms it will no longer use leather for new Apple accessories, starting today.www.macrumors.comPuddingFeeling [she/her] to Apple • 1 year agomessage-square91fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: vegan
minus-squareTammo-Korsailinkfedilink1•1 year agoI have sixty year old hobnail boots that are still solid. Synthetic material would have failed long ago.
minus-squareBEZORPlinkfedilink2•1 year 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-Korsailinkfedilink3•1 year 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-squareBEZORPlinkfedilink2•1 year 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.
I have sixty year old hobnail boots that are still solid. Synthetic material would have failed long ago.
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.