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I think Apple is trying to do the "right thing", which is a future entirely of wireless devices, save for power, mostly. The problem (well, one of them) is not
by neurobashing 6y ago
I think Apple is trying to do the "right thing", which is a future entirely of wireless devices, save for power, mostly.
The problem (well, one of them) is not everyone wants BT headphones (and AirPods specifically) or some kind of transparent auto-magic network/cloud storage, not every device is suited to wireless connectivity, and there's a long, long tail of existing devices no one wants to re-buy. It's not the floppy drive.
- nguyenkien 6y agoAnd now I have to charge my laptop, phone and now headphone
- detritus 6y agoAnd, presumably, these daily-used items now have a shorter lifespan unless their batteries can be replaced.
- taylodl 6y agoAnd your phone and headphones can be charged wirelessly. We are moving toward a world where the only wire you need is for laptop power. I guarantee by 2030 we're going to look back at all of our dongles of today and laugh!
- neurobashing 6y agoyeah, they are also presumably counting on battery technology doing the Moore's Law thing. I didn't say it was a _great_ idea, just guessing at what their vision is.