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176 points mfiguiere | 3 comments | 30 Oct 25 20:34 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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perfmode ◴[01 Nov 25 01:26 UTC] No.45778507[source]▶
Declining Mac sales aren’t concerning because Macs are high quality. People can skip generations and use their M1s for years.
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1. skoskie ◴[01 Nov 25 02:07 UTC] No.45778702[source]▶
Thinking this through… I spent around $3500 and $4500 on my last two MBPs, but got 9 years of use out of each of them. That’s only $450/yr.

But where I used to get a new iPhone every other year, I’m now on the fourth year of my 13P and it still works great. That’s only $300/yr.

It’s interesting to think about.

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2. fragmede ◴[01 Nov 25 08:03 UTC] No.45779977[source]▶
For us as consumers to think about, but there are multiple teams in many companies (not just Apple) that are dedicated to (exploiting) this interesting fact.
3. Jaxan ◴[01 Nov 25 13:43 UTC] No.45781582[source]▶
I still use my iPhone SE after 8 years and bought it for 170€. That’s under 25€ per year :-). (Ok I had the battery replaced for 30€ once.)