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'Categorically Terrible,' and Other Early Reactions to Apple's New FineWoven Accessories
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Cows are valuable down to the bone. No cows are being killed for JUST their leather.
Also apples leather cases will have naturally biodegraded over time, where these will lay at the bottom of a landfill and ocean until entropy has taken the universe.
I received my case today. It’s a nice case. Of course it scratches!!! Leather did too. Man o man, “the internet” has gotten certifiably crazy!
The price is an insult though, no two ways about it.
The price is an insult though, no two ways about it.
My FineWoven case in Black arrived earlier this week. Very surprised to hear reports of cases looking frayed or damaged out of the box, mine looks perfectly fine. It looks and feels nice, although possibly not remarkable or noticeably next-level as is typical and expected from Apple products, but nothing to complain about yet. I'm also not torture-testing the case before I even get the phone to put in it.
Regardless, this case is just to to keep the phone from getting scuffed up until my Peak Design case arrives in October. I've had their case on my 12 mini for the past 2 years and it's awesome.
Considering leather is a byproduct of an already slaughtered animal, the only thing these stupid cases do is virtue signal to the five people who are vegans in the world.
At least Apple didn't skin them alive like they do us.
Doubtful. Food is the original subscription based product, millions of tons of the stuff produced daily, whereas leather can last forever. Who would be ridiculous enough to harvest the skin and discard the meat?
Sorry, this is terrible. I hope that you return them. nobody should tolerate this. Hope you bought from apple and not amazon
You don't slap discarded meat skin on a product and call it leather. Tanning is a hideous process with all sorts of environmental cost.
I also didn't defend plastic as the way to go.
Guys, I believe you’re not getting the real reason Apple has ditched leather products.
Yes, it is a fact that leather is a byproduct of the abuses getting killed for meat.
The most negative impact on environment are the huge amounts of water needed to make leather usable for the products we know in the leather tanning process.
We’re already going through harsh times where we see frequent water shortage in several areas of the globe, so it is not advisable to keep wasting water that is crucial for human survival.
On the other hand, yes, the alternative Apple is offering seems not to be the best one so far. But that’s part of the process.
And remember this is not a war between the meat eaters and the vegans. It’s a bit deeper than that, and it has to do simply with rationally managing a very important resource for human life.
Yes, it is a fact that leather is a byproduct of the abuses getting killed for meat.
The most negative impact on environment are the huge amounts of water needed to make leather usable for the products we know in the leather tanning process.
We’re already going through harsh times where we see frequent water shortage in several areas of the globe, so it is not advisable to keep wasting water that is crucial for human survival.
On the other hand, yes, the alternative Apple is offering seems not to be the best one so far. But that’s part of the process.
And remember this is not a war between the meat eaters and the vegans. It’s a bit deeper than that, and it has to do simply with rationally managing a very important resource for human life.
It definitely has a layer of synthetic memory foam on the inside and outside under the fabric.
These things are horrible. They feel like something that has been pulled out of the $2 Kmart Bargain Bin.
Also, Apple had hundreds of leather cases available in their Brisbane store yesterday, today - not a single one. Looks like they're saving the environment by sending all of the leather cases straight to landfill and replacing them with these new synthetic ones.
How much water is used to make microchips? Or the sensors for 3 camera sensors? I don't see them reducing that.
There are also plenty of countries around the world where fresh water (clean enough to be filtered for tanning leather) is plentiful, where these could be manufactured. The whole world is not California.
Removing leather (which could last multiple phones if they kept the same dimensions), and replacing it with Polyester & memory foam glued to a plastic frame is not more environmentally friendly. This is all nonsense BS 'feel good' green-washing. People are getting a worse product under the guise of saving the environment - even though it will be worse for the environment in the long run.
That’s one logo that has to be one of the worst of all time. I wouldn’t buy that car just because their logo is that ugly.
I didn't get it for the 15 Pro. I'm hanging on to my 14 Pro. Last year Apple kept the case options available for the 13 but this year they took them all down immediately and they started to sell out quickly at every other retailer.
I got mine on sale but it's really no great loss that Apple doesn't make leather cases anymore. Although they fit the best the leather quality was poor compared to the full grain options from third parties.
Third party case makers are absolutely thrilled with apple dropping leather cases. More profit for the little guys.