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FineWoven Accessories May Get One Last Outing Before Apple Pulls Plug
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ya the last few years of apple leather cases were equally horrible. The paint would come off after only a few months. They would look aweful unless you had a black case. Been using apple's clear case ever since, at least that one's holding up
Apple is not trying to save the environment. They can’t nor should they. They are taking multiple different approaches to reduce their overall impact.
Charger removal was one of the better environment mental decisions they made. USB-c was one of the worse the eu made.
Finewoven appeals to those who don’t want to use leather.
Many of these supposed environmental programs are actually counter to what their stated goals are. One of the biggest ones is “cash for clunkers” obstensibly you are taking older more polluting vehicles off the roads but those vehicles have already been made, the iron and bauxite have been mined, shipped, processed into steel and aluminum, the petroleum drilled for and processed into plastic, etc etc. The lowest net pollution comes from keeping them on the road and not producing new vehicles with new materials brought together from all over the globe again.
I still don’t understand how is this rubberized textile more friendly to the environment than leather.
Like, FFS, the leather they were using was a literal byproduct of meat processing industry.
This is more of an attempt to make vegan activists happy. I don’t know what makes apple think that those people will jump in joy and line up to buy this crap in addition to everybody who were in the market for a leather cover.
Like, FFS, the leather they were using was a literal byproduct of meat processing industry.
This is more of an attempt to make vegan activists happy. I don’t know what makes apple think that those people will jump in joy and line up to buy this crap in addition to everybody who were in the market for a leather cover.
Mine has held up well 🤷Oh, another finewoven case hate thread that will reach 15 pages and not a single photo of poster's cases after 6 months.
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So if there were photos, would you accept that it's not hate?Oh, another finewoven case hate thread that will reach 15 pages and not a single photo of poster's cases after 6 months.
Forget it. You wouldn't even believe it if it happened to you. I'm convinced.
But a little hint:
Neither is Apple reading along here and happy to have your support, nor is Macrumors still the hardcore Apple fanbase bubble. You're fifteen years too late for that.
Must obviously be a conspiracy. The underdog Apple, still on the brink of insolvency, almost crushed by Microsoft and Google, is facing a campaign.
Everyone hates Apple and nobody knows why.
Even the Butterfly keyboard was not discontinued because of defects, but because of campaigns. And the MBPs have more ports because of campaigns. Not because the "true Apple customers" wanted it, but because Apple is so small and can't defend itself.
But fortunately, here is the last bastion.
A photo of a case - certainly not taken out of the box five minutes ago - is the ultimate proof.
Next, let's clear up the Kennedy case. And for good.
You know what material doesn't require meticulous cleaning with a toothbrush and soap on a regular basis to prevent it from essentially decaying?
The cost of leather:
Beef produces the most greenhouse gas emissions, which include methane. A global average of 110lb (50kg) of greenhouse gases is released per 3.5oz of protein.
Beef requires 20 times more land and emits 20 times more GHG emissions per gram of edible protein than common plant proteins, such as beans.
Raising animals for food takes up half of all water used in the U.S. An estimated 1,800 gallons of water go into a single pound of beef
Methane, a greenhouse gas, has over 25 times the impact on our planet as carbon dioxide over a 100-year period. According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, the largest contributor of methane in the US is livestock and their waste.
Livestock contributes nearly 2/3 of agriculture's greenhouse & 78% of its methane emissions.
Animal agriculture takes up land and is a leading cause of deforestation. In 2018, 30 million acres of tropical rainforest were lost. That is 82,191 acres a day– the equivalent of 43 football fields a minute
iPhone cases aside, watches and leather bands are practically synonymous. Apple even banned leather bands from its partner Hermes from its store. Hermes still sells them directly. Jony Ive would not have allowed Apple to abandon leather, especially for the Apple Watch.
It's the marketing bs that they spew saying it's better for the environment is what I'm railing against.
The fact that they changed cables to usb c and removed charger at the same time wasn't in any way shape of form an environmental one.
Usbc is much better as I can use same cable for my MacBook pro and iPad air as I can for my iPhone 15 pro max now. Absolute no brainer. Only issue is that they should have done it years ago. Lightning is better than micro usb, don't get me wrong, but USB-C is better than lightning. If apple cared about the end user l, and not a walled garden then the EU wouldn't have had to step in.
It’s like it sounds. I didn’t like it at first. But as I used it I liked it more.
I’m sure there is truth to finewoven has a net positive impact on the environment.
Except, what Apple did with the chargers, imo was a net positive for the environment. The switch to us-c although some welcomed it, to me is an environmental disaster even though it wasn’t apples doing.
I bought a few more chargers and cables since I purchased my iPhone 15. And my usb-c cables are not compatible with every device they charge.
No, the EU stepped in not because apple didn’t care, but because they want to regulate American tech. With the iPhone being in essence wildly possible, you would think if lightning was such a hot button, people wouldn’t buy an iPhone or iPad.
True, in the short-term it was not environmentally friendly. In the long-term it absolutely is. Needing just one type of cable for all your devices is more environmentally friendly than needing two or three. My Lightning cable needs replaced? Well crap, now I have to buy a new one because they only came with my iPhone. My USB-C cable needs replaced? Good thing I have several sitting around because other devices I own came with them. Hell, some device makers may even stop shipping their products with cables for the same reasoning Apple (says) they stopped including charging bricks. They can expect that customers already have several and it's more environmentally friendly.
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You have to clean it with soap and a toothbrush?! Yes, I am laughing...
Oh ya, they're out to save the environment while trying the best they can to stop you from repairing your device so that you have to buy a new one. I wanted to repair my left airpod pro and the cost was higher than a new pair. Their only alligiance is to shareholders and if talking about the environment helps them sell products, they sure as hell will do it.
And how is the EU forcing apple to move to usb-c the worst decising for the environment? Everything else is on usb-c and it limits the number of different cables people need to buy for their electronics.