Cory Doctorow

May 30

11 min read

Podcasting “Apple’s Cement Overshoes”

A polluted, plastic-strewn ocean-bottom; prominent in the foreground is a smashed iPhone; overhead is Apple’s Think Different wordmark. Image: Conall (modified) https://www.flickr.com/photos/conall/46613204974 CC BY 2.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

This week on my podcast, I read my recent Medium column, “Apple’s Cement Overshoes,” about the incredible, cynical fuckery that Apple engages in to sabotage right to repair and ensure that its devices end up in overseas e-waste landfills rather than being fixed and kept in service.

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