PuddingFeeling [she/her]@lemmy.ca to Apple@lemmy.world · 1 year agoApple confirms it will no longer use leather for new Apple accessories, starting today.www.macrumors.comexternal-linkmessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up1165arrow-down124file-textcross-posted to: apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world
arrow-up1141arrow-down1external-linkApple confirms it will no longer use leather for new Apple accessories, starting today.www.macrumors.comPuddingFeeling [she/her]@lemmy.ca to Apple@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square92fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world
minus-squareMister@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·edit-21 year agoAgreed. I’ve used the same leather wallet for 13 years and it’s still going strong. Not sure how cheap plastic that needs to be replaced every few months is better for the environment.
minus-squareBEZORP@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoCanvas straps can be good quality, less sticky, and last way beyond the lifespan of any consumer grade electronic device. Not to sound like I’m a textiles expert, so don’t come at me
minus-squaretim-clark@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoI’m going on 15yrs for my ostrich wallet. Looks almost new.
minus-squareTammo-Korsai@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·1 year agoI have sixty year old hobnail boots that are still solid. Synthetic material would have failed long ago.
minus-squareBEZORP@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoYeah but now imagine they were part of a sixty year old computer. Kind of a waste if you ask me. The electronics here will be grossly obsolete within five years.
minus-squareTammo-Korsai@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI wasn’t implying there was a need for a sixty year old computer, just that some natural materials are superior to their substitutes.
Agreed. I’ve used the same leather wallet for 13 years and it’s still going strong. Not sure how cheap plastic that needs to be replaced every few months is better for the environment.
Canvas straps can be good quality, less sticky, and last way beyond the lifespan of any consumer grade electronic device.
Not to sound like I’m a textiles expert, so don’t come at me
I’m going on 15yrs for my ostrich wallet. Looks almost new.
I have sixty year old hobnail boots that are still solid. Synthetic material would have failed long ago.
Yeah but now imagine they were part of a sixty year old computer. Kind of a waste if you ask me.
The electronics here will be grossly obsolete within five years.
I wasn’t implying there was a need for a sixty year old computer, just that some natural materials are superior to their substitutes.