[C19fan]

LOL!!!! I am probably much more "environmentally responsible" than our modern day Pharisees. I have no compulsion to keep replacing perfectly working gadgets. I will keep my < $200 smart phone until I lose it or it dies. I drive a compact car that gets 34 MPG and I will keep it until it dies.

[Moonmad27]

I’m perfectly happy with my iPhone 6S plus. It’s updated with the current software and does everything that I want it to do and probably almost all of the stuff that the new phone would do. I don’t need a camera with three eyeballs looking like a war of the worlds Martian.

I remember when I got the 6S plus I thought it was so big. Now it feels just right in the hand.

[Swordmaker]

The progressives are questioning whether upgrading your iPhone to iPhone 11 is unethical or not. . . If you can afford it, it’s not a question of ethics or even ecology or political correctness, it’s whether you want one or not. SHEESH! —PING!

The Ethics of iPhone 11 Upgrading?
PING!

If you want on or off the Apple/Mac/iOS Ping List, Freepmail me.

[1Old Pro]

Why did we ever think it was ok to upgrade devices that cost of hundreds of dollars every year or two?

Not me, I am not swayed by articles or TV ads.

[big'ol_freeper]

[SES1066]

Virtue signaling is the LEFT’s favorite tactic.

Several elections back, the local St. Petersburg Times(?) [aka Suncoast Pravda] had a comparison of two party identified voters; Democrat drove an electric Prius and mouthed a straight-line progressive view while the Republican drove an H2 Hummer. What other views he may have had I don’t recall but it was evident why he was chosen - strictly on the vehicle.

I did a letter to the editor, stating that I put more miles on my bicycle than my 40 mpg diesel in a year and I was (am) a conservative in views and voting. I stated that a single person is hardly emblematic unless he is the actual candidate.

No surprise, the letter never saw print.

[mjp]

well-formedness criteria for choices and actions:

does it have a high benefit to cost ratio
does it have a high benefit to negative consequences ratio
does it have a high benefit to risk ratio
does it violate one's important values
does it violate one's basic identity

[TheBattman]

And even from a Leftist’s perspective - they ought to LOVE Apple - not only are they financially supportive of Left-affirming groups... they are probably THE most environmentally conscious tech company on the planet...

But oh - Apple is STILL a firm believer in capitalism... and the LEFT just cannot stand that.

[BuffaloJack]

I currently use a 4 year old Windows 10 phone.
Since Microsoft will discontinue support in January, I need to shop for some android variant (probably a samsung or a google).

[ctdonath2]

For a group that rejected classic morality, they’re awfully wrapped in declaring it everywhere.

I’ll get the latest greatest iPhone soon, and care not what others think. (Hey, I make a good buck off the iOS ecosystem.)

[ChildOfThe60s]

Since the days of 286sx computers, the economic rule for the smart electronics consumer has been, always buy a generation (or more) behind. Let someone else pay for the latest and greatest. In one year when it’s no longer the latest it will work just as fine as it does now for a lot less.

When my brother bought one of the first 486sx 25 to come out, I bought a suddenly “old” 386dx 40 for less than 1/2 of what he paid. For all practical, real world purposes my “older” DX was essentially as fast as his new SX.

[Terry L Smith]

With wearing trifocals and hearing aids, all the woowoo about increased video, increased “camera” (where is the camera body and lenses) capability, and the latest in sound technology don’t mean sqiat!!! Now, with this “5G” stuff that is all the conytroversy, I will gladly wait, with my android outdoors ready old phone!!!