The Alpine Loop Hook severely cut though my wrist—It could have killed me

Thanks for mocking me ("I didn't blame my elbow for being too bony" ah ah ah, very funny...)

Just to clarify, I’m not suing Apple or seeking any compensation. I’m actually a shareholder and quite supportive of the company. My goal here is simply to raise a safety concern for the benefit of others.

I’ve personally learned the hard way that the Alpine Loop is too dangerous for any activity where there’s a risk of falling—cycling, skiing, mountaineering, etc. Regarding your spectacle story, it’s difficult to assess whether the manufacturer could have made it safer without more context. However, to use a parallel: imagine you’re buying ski goggles. People are expected to fall while wearing them, so they should be designed to safely shatter upon impact. In the same way, the Alpine Loop is marketed for alpine activities, so it should be designed with safety in mind, especially to avoid injuries in case of a fall.

As for my fall, it was nothing extreme—I was moving slowly, and the impact wasn’t heavy. In fact, I didn’t even notice I was cut until about 30 seconds later.

Ultimately, it's basic safety design to learn from accidents and improve. When I was younger, I ran into a glass door that shattered into large, dangerous pieces and caused deep cuts to my arm and tendons. Today, glass doors (and car windows) are designed to shatter in much safer ways, and it is clearly an important improvement.

So given the band size and your wrist size, I think there is only one way to wear the band tightly. For me the hook ends up right in the middle of the wrist:

But if the band was bigger or my wrist smaller, the hook would be more on the outside as you say.

What I am saying is that the metal hook from the strap is sharp enough to cut deeply through your skin in the event of a fall. I have no recollection on what happen exactly but I guess that my wrist got hardly flexed toward the hook.