Re:EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024
by hotpotamus on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @06:57PM
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Really? I consider myself pretty economical, but I throw out much more than a few lightning cables worth of waste in a given week (probably more on any day even). Would they even really be noticeable in your trash can?
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Re:EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024
by CubsFan1060 on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @09:01PM
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If your argument is “you already throw away so much stuff that it doesn’t matter”, then what’s the point of the law in the first place?
Re:EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024
by hotpotamus on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @09:51PM
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I don't know that I had an argument, more of a question of if a couple of cables would even be noticeable as trash.
I'd say my argument is purely logistical - one less cable type would be quite a boon to me personally. I have a few lightning cables that only work with exactly one device that I own - my iPhone 11. I'm quite happy with my phone, and perhaps ironically for Apple, the best way they'd have to get me to replace it would be to make a new one with a USB-C port; it's the feature I'd most like at this point.
I'd also love to see touchid make a return, but I don't see that happening.