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> You get a free charging cable usually when you purchase a new phone "Free". It's amazing how many consumers see it this way. When everyone has the same charg
by ShorsHammer 7y ago
> You get a free charging cable usually when you purchase a new phone
"Free". It's amazing how many consumers see it this way. When everyone has the same charger phone companies can actually start putting it in as an optional paid add-on, which virtually no consumer will take. The hypothetical environment argument is spurious at best.
- ksec 7y agoUm... may be because the median Smartphone cycle is now 3 - 4 years in most countries and it would not be bad to have a new Chargers and new cables put to work? Arguably not Charger, but you do get the possibility of improved charger or higher power charging. But all cables wear out. So not really wrong with providing it by default.