Re:Steve Wozniak backs right-to-repair movement
by foobar33333 on Friday July 09, 2021 @06:04AM
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I and everyone I know already has plenty of USB-A and USB-C bricks laying around. The things last forever and build up. So its more like every other company gives you a bit of junk you will not use.
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Re:Steve Wozniak backs right-to-repair movement
by eldaisfish on Friday July 09, 2021 @08:04AM
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Do apple or any other company offer you a discount for not including cables and chargers with the phones you buy?
Re:Steve Wozniak backs right-to-repair movement
by blowfish721 on Friday July 09, 2021 @08:46AM
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Apple lowered the price on the new 20W charger to $19 instead of $29 as for the old 18W charger, not a huge amount.
https://www.macrumors.com/2020/10/13/apple-selling-20w-usb-c...
Re:Steve Wozniak backs right-to-repair movement
by foobar33333 on Friday July 09, 2021 @07:54PM
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Yes, they ask you if you need one at the time of purchase and if you don't ask for one you don't pay the $19 for one.
Trying to account for what the original BoM would have been with one in the box is an impossible effort and not very useful. At the end of the day all you need to do is decide if the value provided by the product matches the price the company sells it at. If not, don't buy it. For me the brick adds no extra value so I don't have to account for it.
If I needed the brick and the extra $19 pushed me over the edge to not worth it then I would consider another phone.