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Same. Plus all of our apple wireless keyboards and touchpads use lightning as well. Can you imagine the amount of e-waste that would potentially be generated

Same. Plus all of our apple wireless keyboards and touchpads use lightning as well. Can you imagine the amount of e-waste that would potentially be generated if Apple was forced to switch? I know this is weak argument bc lightning will eventually be EOLed anyways, but I just don't see the value in forcing their hand. As I seem to be bringing up on weekly basis, if their goal is to reduce e-waste, they should turn their attention to the Android ecosystem. The amount of e-waste I've generated over the years of using Android is almost criminal. Or to put it another way, the amount of e-waste I HAVEN'T generated while being in the Apple ecosystem is impressive. At the very least Apple have already switched to USB-C at the other end of the lightning cable and excluded the charging block on new iPhones.

mikestew 5y ago
Plus all of our apple wireless keyboards and touchpads use lightning as well. Oh, yeah, forgot about that one. Imagine my disappointment when my new-at-the-time 2019 iMac shows up with its new-to-me shiny USB-C ports, and I...have to use a USB-C -> Lightning cable to charge the HIDs? I mean, I get it, but I was really hoping that items that merely need charging (no data) could move to USB-C along with the ports on my new machine.