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Hope they enjoy their new MacBook Pro and iPhone 14

Hundreds of MacBook Pro workers break through barriers - 9to5Mac this is what happens when the Profit-before-People (Planet) machinery is in cahoots with autocratic governments. When they do not care much about human rights. Basic things like wanting to go home..... Hope people will enjoy their new shiny MacBook Pro and iPhone 14 after all the sacrifices that were made by real people.

That is why we should never ever buy new until things are 100% dead. Not just limping along but I mean boneyard dead. There are human beings making real sacrifices for a few bucks just so we can have the latest and (presumed) greatest newest gadget.

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As horrific as this is, thank you for sharing. Just another reason why being able to repair our stuff is SO important.

Keep up the good fight!

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Apple strong-armed the Chinese government to keep their manufacturing running.

Clearly, this is slave labor! Being forced to work and not allowed to leave. These workers are sleeping on the floor!

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I'm most likely staying with my 2012 13" unibody MacBook pro for a long time!

Or until apple gets better repair scores

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I'm going to be getting the new 16" one day myself so I can partially retire my 2014 rMBP. The battery is beginning to age as it's in the 80% range, nor is it getting SW upgrades. I'm going to wait a little bit longer until the next WWDC myself to see if I can get last year's at a discount the way I want it (M1 Max/64GB/1TB SSD), though. I want to have my "17" MacBook Pro" again. I won't miss the optical drive, but it's so close that I can accept the -1" tradeoff.

The 2014 will be used as long as it's feasible to do so, but that machine is old enough I need to prepare for retirement.

As far as I've always seen it, if the user's device is so old it's coming up soon anyway get the upgrade on your terms but keep the old one in use until it's dead. As much as I will miss USB-A, it's time is coming with the lack of OS upgrades and worn battery. Still not a bad run for 7 years. To an extent I have begun the transition to C as I make sure new devices with a in box cable have a A and C option and I now have a USB-C hub with Ethernet.

Yeah if someone has a more recent MBP you can wait but mine falls under the category where it works but it's coming to a point the upgrade has to also happen, but it also works so keep it in service.

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Regarding the OS, may I suggest Linux? It should run fine as it is an x86/64

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I suppose that Nick already has a solution for his situation. In the meatime 2 years have passed ... ;-)

To be honest: if using a MacBook which usually has macOS installed (where you DO NOT have to administer anything) switching to LINUX (where EVERYTHING has to be done by yourself) is not the best solution in my opinion :D

I know what i am talking about. Have been part of the SIDUX-team in Germany (which has been hell of a distro). If you like to tinker around, you might want to give Linux a go. But only if scrapping is the alternative... if macOS is installable keep it installed.

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