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No. Because it would be better for the environment.

scarface74 7y ago
Seeing that Apple is always bragging about their 90%+ retention rate, not many people are switching from iOS devices and throwing away cables. But is “think about the environment” the new “think about the children” and “terrorism” war cry for more regulation and big government?
- riffraff 7y ago
  But if I switch to apple I have to throw out my cables, too. Maybe try to look at this differently: is your life better for the fact that when you travel you need to bring power plug adapters? If cars had different gas plugs that required different gas stations, would that be nice?
  - vineyardmike 7y ago
    You would rather trust public usb cables? Of course you should bring your own chargers.... so long as that port has a data connection to the most personal device you own, you should probably own the hardware that plugs into it.
  - scarface74 7y ago
    You mean like if you buy a Tesla you can’t use a standard gas station....
  - scarface74 7y ago
    And there is no government mandate for cars to have a standard gas plug. Car manufactures know that it would make the car less desirable in the market. But in fact, you can sell a car with non standard methods of making it move - see Tesla. They didn’t have to wait for the nanny state or other manufacturers to agree on a standard before it started shipping cars. The market decided it was worth the tradeoff.
- Lio 7y ago
  I don’t buy iPhones for the cables. I don’t like the needlessly proprietary cable and I actually put that on the list of reasons not to upgrade to a newer iPhone. When I look at switching to Android I weigh the crappy Apple cable against the loss of privacy of moving to Android. The iPhone wins. Just.
  - scarface74 7y ago
    Amazing how free will works isn’t it? You as a competent adult are able to judge products and make decisions about tradeoffs and you didn’t need the government to help you do it. If Apple saw that enough customers switch to Android because of the cable they would change - free markets are amazing.
    - hesarenu 7y ago
      Apple forces everyone to use their own browser engine , their own marketplace no free will there. Competent adult can not judge products on their own, they can only install Apple approved ones!.
      - scarface74 7y ago
        If only people had another choice of mobile phone operating systems....
        hesarenu 7y ago
        If only competent adult are able to judge products and make decisions about tradeoffs and you didn’t need the government to help you do it would be able to install whatever they want. You can't have it both way dude unless you think Apple is afraid and going to loose money which might bring down the stock value.
        scarface74 7y ago
        If I buy a game console, I have to choose between what the platform offers and the trade offs. I don’t need the nanny state to tell Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft how to build their platforms. 85% of the world chooses Android. If you want to choose your browser, you are free to choose Android also.
- Can_Not 7y ago
  Apple is the only company that defied the EU. The fact that we have 2 standard cables (apple and USB) instead of the past's 15+ is solving 99% of the problem. The regulation set out to do something and the problem is basically solved. It worked.
  - scarface74 7y ago
    So are you saying that none of the Android phones I see on Amazon that don’t use USB C are sold in the EU?

Seeing that Apple is always bragging about their 90%+ retention rate, not many people are switching from iOS devices and throwing away cables. But is “think about the environment” the new “think about the children” and “terrorism” war cry for more regulation and big government?

riffraff 7y ago
But if I switch to apple I have to throw out my cables, too. Maybe try to look at this differently: is your life better for the fact that when you travel you need to bring power plug adapters? If cars had different gas plugs that required different gas stations, would that be nice?
- vineyardmike 7y ago
  You would rather trust public usb cables? Of course you should bring your own chargers.... so long as that port has a data connection to the most personal device you own, you should probably own the hardware that plugs into it.
- scarface74 7y ago
  You mean like if you buy a Tesla you can’t use a standard gas station....
- scarface74 7y ago
  And there is no government mandate for cars to have a standard gas plug. Car manufactures know that it would make the car less desirable in the market. But in fact, you can sell a car with non standard methods of making it move - see Tesla. They didn’t have to wait for the nanny state or other manufacturers to agree on a standard before it started shipping cars. The market decided it was worth the tradeoff.
Lio 7y ago
I don’t buy iPhones for the cables. I don’t like the needlessly proprietary cable and I actually put that on the list of reasons not to upgrade to a newer iPhone. When I look at switching to Android I weigh the crappy Apple cable against the loss of privacy of moving to Android. The iPhone wins. Just.
- scarface74 7y ago
  Amazing how free will works isn’t it? You as a competent adult are able to judge products and make decisions about tradeoffs and you didn’t need the government to help you do it. If Apple saw that enough customers switch to Android because of the cable they would change - free markets are amazing.
  - hesarenu 7y ago
    Apple forces everyone to use their own browser engine , their own marketplace no free will there. Competent adult can not judge products on their own, they can only install Apple approved ones!.
    - scarface74 7y ago
      If only people had another choice of mobile phone operating systems....
      - hesarenu 7y ago
        If only competent adult are able to judge products and make decisions about tradeoffs and you didn’t need the government to help you do it would be able to install whatever they want. You can't have it both way dude unless you think Apple is afraid and going to loose money which might bring down the stock value.
        scarface74 7y ago
        If I buy a game console, I have to choose between what the platform offers and the trade offs. I don’t need the nanny state to tell Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft how to build their platforms. 85% of the world chooses Android. If you want to choose your browser, you are free to choose Android also.
Can_Not 7y ago
Apple is the only company that defied the EU. The fact that we have 2 standard cables (apple and USB) instead of the past's 15+ is solving 99% of the problem. The regulation set out to do something and the problem is basically solved. It worked.
- scarface74 7y ago
  So are you saying that none of the Android phones I see on Amazon that don’t use USB C are sold in the EU?