I Won’t Buy Another iPhone Until Apple Supports Right to Repair

Why one longtime Apple fan is giving up on the company

Lee Vinsel
OneZero
Published in
11 min readFeb 26, 2020

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II have been a loyal Apple customer since 2003, when I met the woman who became my wife. When Abigail and I got together, she had an iMac, a blue bubble of a thing that looked cutting-edge for its day. I have fond memories of staying up late into the night, buzzing on…

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Lee Vinsel
OneZero

I do technology studies, co-organize @The_Maintainers, and profess Science, Technology, and Society at Virginia Tech.