@KingShawn I’m not going to lie, this does make me irrationally angry. I know it doesn’t matter but it just feels like such a dumb thing to cut. The stickers are part of what made buying Apple products special. I’m not going to make a huge deal out of it but it does make me sad.
@KingShawn not even remotely. To me, it’s all greenwashing. Like removing power bricks from $1500 iPhones but then having them pushed by sales associates at the Apple Store during checkout (extra packaging used for those separate bricks). Or getting rid of leather from cases and replacing them with plastic fabric that is poor quality and also, plastic.
@film_girl@KingShawn Cutting them doesn’t annoy me. Claiming this is about environmentalism does. That’s just BS. It’s about saving money. For every iPad, there’s now a little extra profit (or less cost).
@craiggrannell@film_girl@KingShawn They make the devices out of renewed and recyclable materials. Hard to believe they couldn’t do the same with the stickers, if they wanted to.
@davidbcohen@craiggrannell@KingShawn there are paper-based vinyl that are probably “greener” but the quality sucks. I honestly just don’t think this move saves that much; even at Apple’s scale, to be a worthwhile trade off. Other things they could do to make more of an impact that wouldn’t take away the whimsy.
@film_girl@davidbcohen@KingShawn “We need to reduce plastic. Oh, and here’s a new line of cases that fall to bits in months, made out of plastic. Oh, and that new iPad you’re buying? You need all-new accessories for it. And that new phone? Yeah. All your old cases don’t fit, because we made it 1.2mm wider and 0.7mm thinner. And just wait until you see what we’re doing with Apple Watch straps next time!
”But, yes, those stickers. Tsk. Bad for the environment. They have to go.”
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