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Re:Apple Reportedly Planning to Limit iPhone 15 USB-C Port i... by bastard_op on Thursday February 16, 2023 @12:01AM (#34815257)
Nintendo is a good example of vendors gone wild when it comes to usb-c and how to do it wrong, but so are raspberry pi's and many other vendors initially. Apple adding yet some another abomination to the mix after the dust almost settled, simply just to maintain some market relevance when it comes to selling overpriced dongles and power supplies. It is unwelcome in the current mess of usb-c as staying just the own bastard thing externally with lightning. Did the EU really change any of the waste or spend? No, just filled whole new landfills with lightning accessories.

Everyone is still going to have to re-buy 4x $60-100 power adapters, a $50 headphone jack for usb-c, and most anything else the want to connect to it. If you share a household with (gasp!) android, then you still gotta keep a bin for the apple vs android/everyone else crap and/or label them.

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Re:Apple Reportedly Planning to Limit iPhone 15 USB-C Port i... by ThePowerOfFuet on Thursday February 16, 2023 @02:21AM (#34815983)
> Everyone is still going to have to re-buy 4x $60-100 power adapters

Belkin 65W 2-port PPS is like $50, and that is not going to fry your devices.

> a $50 headphone jack for usb-c

Even the Apple one is $10, and audiophiles have said the DAC in it is quite good.

> If you share a household with (gasp!) android, then you still gotta keep a bin for the apple vs android/everyone else crap and/or label them.

Not as of this fall.

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Re:Apple Reportedly Planning to Limit iPhone 15 USB-C Port i... by vinay427 on Thursday February 16, 2023 @04:37AM (#34816753)
> Everyone is still going to have to re-buy 4x $60-100 power adapters

This is untrue assuming you mean people switching from a Lightning iPhone to a USB C iPhone. Existing iPhones already charge over USB C PD (to Lightning) using the same USB C power adapters as a typical modern Android device or laptop, for example.

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