- Instead of unions, people should be more fluid in quitting their jobs, letting the free market work.
I'm not entirely sure about your first point; I somewhat agree and somewhat disagree, but I don't find that question interesting. Let's continue the discussion of that subject after the inevitable fall of neo-liberal capitalism.
- Right to repair? I let Apple repair. I don't have time to heat up the panel to open up the iPhone. Instead, I tap a button, - Apple sends me a new iPhone, I send in the old one, job done. Apple takes care of recycling my iPhone. Less time wasted for me.
The right to repair does not prevent Apple from performing "repairs" (actually just swapping parts); it simply opens up a free market around that process. Or is a free market only considered good when it benefits late-stage capitalism?
Case 1: Let's say you own a top-tier MacBook Pro with M1 Max, 64GB RAM, and 8TB storage, and the motherboard dies. Apple will ask you for a very hefty sum for replacement, because it's an expensive board. Third-party repair services will fix the board itself for a steady price that depends only on the damage done.
Case 2: Same scenario, but you have important data on that MacBook. Apple won't recover your data. Third-parties will.
Case 3: You have an iPhone XS, and you broke the screen. Apple will charge you around $400 for that repair, which is more than the price of simply buying another used iPhone XS.
Case 4: If you don't live near an Apple Store but need repairs done fast, you could simply go to a third-party service located in your area.
More flexibility is always better than less flexibility.
- Sideloading means Microsoft/Adobe/Activision/etc... are eventually going to leave the app store and force users to install their stores to continue using apps I've already paid for. Multiple stores running in background to autoupdate apps and run push notification services means it'll kill my battery.
Publishers have not left Google Play, which has the same draconian fees; why would they leave the App Store? Sideloading means you will have the option to install directly/pay directly, usually
in addition to the option of just using the App Store.
Also sideloading means improved security, because instead of relying on App Store Review team to scan all the apps for compliance, Apple will be forced to actually start developing good software, which properly sandboxes third-party applications, monitors their behaviour, etc.
MacBooks can run any third-party software in the world and they have industry-leading battery life, btw.
- USB-C is actually worse for the planet assuming Apple was going to go portless in the next few years. But because they were forced to switch, it's more than likely they'll delay going portless, requiring billions of extra USB-C cables to be produced before going portless. The plan of removing charging cable from the box has been delayed by several years and average number of cables a human buys in this generation goes up because of USB-C.
1. But they still ship cables. Instead of shipping cables that only work with iPhone, they will now ship cables that work with any devices of yours. Great news!
2. iPhone will not go portless in foreseeable future; ask any videographer why. And now the iPhone won't be capped by USB 2.0 Lightning speeds when transferring files. Again, great news.
3. Having full-blown USB-C port also opens up potential for something like Samsung DeX mode. Which won't happen, of course, but only because Apple hates their customers.
4. Also USB Audio on an iPhone, finally. It's not as good as having headphone jack, of course, but it's better than nothing.
Sorry, but none of these things are good.
For their profit margins — sure.
