Would you continue to choose the fairphone 3 if parts were readily available? It seems that the modularity/repairability reduces reliability relative to the iPhone.
My iPhone mini 13 is a tank possibly even more than the Nokias that I've had.
Deterring criminals requires consistent, accurate, fast reporting by customers which will never happen since customers have no incentive at all to report (not even considering the level of effort of educating the iPhone customer base abotu how to report). You can recycle your phone today by dropping it off at Apple.
I love that Apple is doing this. Making thieves not want to steal my phone is 50x more valuable to me than having a slightly easier time repairing my phone.
This might be most plausible theory. Presumably going to US public also can leverage entire us population as a surveillance mechanism. Granted there would be a ton of noise. Timing also seems to make sense in that there has been heightened concern of surveillance by other countries. Could be simply fundraising.
If the change happens at a rate faster than most life on earth can adapt then the end effect is the same. Just will happen over a decade vs. over a month.
Harvard is obviously a problem. Does any institution work against the interests of the people that fund it? Rich people fund Harvard. Harvard will work in the interests of rich people. Meritocracy is not in the in the interests of rich people.
TLDR the strategy - "Let's add attention grabbing signs on poorly designed roads that are know to be dangerous instead of improving the road themselves" does not work.
By the time your battery needs replacement it will cost a fraction of what it costs today. Battery prices have been falling fast as the volume production of these batteries have scaled up.
"Remote work increases productivity by nearly a trillion dollars for businesses by reducing costly office space overhead costs" Should have been the title.