Apple's Environmental Chief Lisa Jackson Retiring After 13 Years

[Naraxus]

Edit: I'll hold my tongue on this one.

 

[bigandtasty]

Stacy Abrams took the charging blocks out the the box. Shame

 

[subjonas]

Wait what? For some reason I thought Octavia Spencer was Apple’s environmental chief.

 

[svish]

Good to know about this. Definitely will always remember her walking on top of Apple Park.

 

[Populus]

C’mon Mother Nature! Now’s your chance to get a job at Apple!

 

[MacRazySwe]

I don't think people would have complained about removing the charger from the box, had Apple also reduced the price accordingly. At this point it seems it was all about corporate greed...

Nothing says "we do not care about our customers" like not including a charger with a phone.

Can't say I appreciated her work.

 

[Taq'aix]

She is the reason we lost chargers, airbuds and Apple leather. Now we’re stuck with a weak build and cheap-ass looking iPhone 17 Pro with abhorrent colors.

 

[mw360]

I don't think people would have complained about removing the charger from the box, had Apple also reduced the price accordingly. At this point it seems it was all about corporate greed...

Nothing says "we do not care about our customers" like not including a charger with a phone.

Can't say I appreciated her work.

Cook's reputation for removing an essential item or feature and selling them separately for $20-$200 completely wrecked that initiative no matter how well-meaning, and no matter whether they did actually reduce the price. (Comparison of EU prices shows they probably did actually reduce the price)

Personally I appreciate the smaller packaging, and having one less underpowered, single-port charger and one less short and fragile cable to throw into the big box of chargers and cables I don't want. Also I prefer the much smaller boxes.

 

[Kylo83]

And what did she actually do

 

[4090336]

Removing iPhone from the package was not an option, so she had to leave.

 

[4090336]

How do you quantify that?

This is a challenge indeed.
I suggest to measure depth of Tim Cooks appreciation and multiply that with number of solar panels in Apple Park.
Edit: the answer is 42 😛

 

[4090336]

Let me say how deeply concerned I am, how much this event will affect stakeholders trust in Apple commitments on this matter.

 

[Mega ST]

Concerning the environment: I'd support Apple enabling easy battery changes by the consumers on all products. One of my ancient powerbooks had this feature that keeps existing quality hardware usable for more years without repair bills.

 

[MaaK]

Ah yes, I remember Lisa on the roof of Apple Park telling us why we couldn't have a charger in the box with our iPhones because they wanted to be "green" which wasn't a ploy to make us spend even more money on a charger that should've kept coming with the phone.

Good grief🙄.

Yes, and on the other hand designing the iPhone every year just a little bit differently, so the customers are forced to buy new cases. Great for the environment!

 

[fmpfmp]

She did a great job. Apple is the most environmentally-aware, racially-just company in the world.

Have a great retirement.

Great sarkasm, especially the Joe Rogan profile picture seals the deal.

 

[Jamie0003]

I will always remember her as the lady who was forced to announce removing the charger and earbuds from iPhone packaging as it was a good thing 🤣

I mean, her job is environmental chief so why is this surprising?

 

[t0rqx]

Was she the one responsible to lure Mother Nature in Apple's scheme and when it backfired (TechWoven) got ousted?

 

[t0rqx]

It's always good to see an overweight person telling us what to do for our environment.

Steve would never had allowed this. There was a time when there was an overweight employee, and Steve sat next to him warning the health dangers and recommended him to see a dietitian and go workout.

 

[@Brett]

Yeah great, you took away chargers but continue to make less and less repairable devices and planned obsolescence is thriving.

(Borat Voice) Great Success.

Rubbish. What planned obsolescence?

 

[Tig_one]

She surely made Tim proud using the "environment" to penny pinch fiercely. Another win along Dye's departure. Bye.

 

[Scatchit]

Yes, they’ll be bringing back the charger and cables.

 

[tomtad]

Can I have my damn leather back now?

 

[DMG35]

Can we get Apple’s leather cases back?

Just kidding honestly as Bullstrap cases are way better anyway.

 

[hagar]

Finally, some good news from Apple. Can we now have leather cases back?🙏

Is it progress to wrap our devices in dead animals? No.

 

[I7guy]

I will always remember her as the lady who was forced to announce removing the charger and earbuds from iPhone packaging as it was a good thing 🤣

It was a good thing.