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Apple’s move and their explanation honestly feels about as genuine as hotels asking you to be eco friendly by hanging the door-tag to skip room cleaning. The di
by ochoseis 6y ago
Apple’s move and their explanation honestly feels about as genuine as hotels asking you to be eco friendly by hanging the door-tag to skip room cleaning. The difference is that hotels at least give you the option.
- toast0 6y agoIsn't Apple giving you a new option here? Before, you were forced to buy the bundled wall wart, now you have the option to keep using what you had or buy a charger if you need it? They're still forcing a bundled cable, but it's a different cable you probably don't have many of?
- p1esk 6y agoBut, just like with hotels, you’re still paying the same price.
- tshaddox 6y agoSure, Apple also might tend to get more money per iPhone customer now, but that doesn't invalidate the environmental argument.
- kd913 6y agoThen don't get an iphone 12? People who are buying an iphone aren't doing it because of the included power brick. There is the iphone SE 2, Pixel 4a etc... If it's such a problem, buy a braided cable from Amazon and power brick. Cheaper cost, better quality and will last longer than any Apple charger.
- poglet 6y agoThe iPhone SE 2 no longer comes with the power brick.
- kd913 6y agoIf you have no power bricks at all then applause to you. In any given room I can find at least 5 I think. For 0.025% of the price of the phone or less, you can get a braided lightning cable and stop caring about this first world problem.
- yoz-y 6y agoSome hotels give you a discount for the next stay.
- ochoseis 6y agoThe equivalent option would be to offer the charger by default, and allow eco conscious consumers to opt out. Making it opt-in for folks without a working charger would strike a nice balance, even if it’s not feasible.
- dwaite 6y agoIt is opt-in for people without a working charger - they sell chargers, or you can buy one of the many third party ones.