Are these types of comments your form of 'activism'? What went into the components of what you're typing on... making calls on... driving in... flying on... You may want to rethink that, watch another documentary maybe. Watch Blue Gold: Water Wars, that's a good one...
I have no issue with people who use iPads (like the one I'm typing on), or even cases for iPads. Or phones, cars, and planes. Yes, they all have environmental impact, but all they serve a definitive, and often vital purpose.
Where I draw the line is something superfluous, that we have conditioned ourselves to think we need. Do we need iPads? It's arguable, but for some, it's their only means of connecting to the Internet, or expressing themselves, or communicating, etc. So their existence is valid.
No one on the entire planet needs a case for a remote control, period. If you think you need one, it's because you have let yourself become conditioned to fear damaging anything you buy from Apple.
People treat their phones better than they treat their pets. Swarovski cases. Glass screen protectors...glass to protect the glass (!). Insurance policies.
It's all a bit much, but at least a phone warrants a little concern and added protection, due to the sensitive information it holds, and the real problems associated with losing or breaking it.
But after years of buying iPods and iPads and iPhones, Apple consumers, in particular, seem to think they need a case for every stupid thing the company sells. The first sign of zombie shopping disorder was the existence of iPod shuffle cases. No one needs a case to protect something the size and weight of a Frosted Mini Wheat, whose battery will likely die before the case wears out anyway. The latest in the series of blind knee jerk consumerism gone amok is this remote case.
I've discussed my theories about why Apple consumers are so obsessed with scratches and dents before.
I will check out that doc. It looks interesting.
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