And once again a Lemmy comment comes to the conclusion that capitalism is the problem, lol.

Yeah, if only we could have a revolution and Marie Antoinette some of the slave owners.

degoogled free phones with e.g. LineageOS are better. But monopolists make it a nightmare to get one running. However, the issue I am taking with iphones is not the usefulness to the user, but the ridiculous price for a phone that is manufactured by basically slaves under nightmarish conditions (remember suicide nets @ Foxconn buildings?) with materials from conflict zones (read: mine workers have their families butchered with machetes if they try to unionize) - so on top of these crimes against humanity, that most of the others commit as well, apple is still charging a price that is purely through the roof because of demand from an artificial hype, and that would be easily enough to build the whole phone under fair trade / fair labor conditions.

You need to work on your reading comprehension, or your short-term-memory. Or both?

iphones have a place about as useful as diamonds - as a status symbol alone. They are used to create out-groups and discriminate against poor people.

The original iphone may have been useful - the update hype with ever more expensive BS is just milking stupid people for cash.

Honestly, people who still buy apple phones are dumb fucks. No way to say this nicely.

There’s a weird discrepancy where Mac Laptops are decent machines despite being on the expensive side, but iphones are just overpriced hot garbage locking you into an ecosystem.

Trusting the authorities is absofuckinglutely the dumbest motherfucking take anyone can have in this capitalistic hellscape.