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Why is this so important to the EU? The stated purposes of this proposal are to reduce e-waste and improve consumer convenience, but it's easily argued that the
by CivBase 5y ago
Why is this so important to the EU? The stated purposes of this proposal are to reduce e-waste and improve consumer convenience, but it's easily argued that the actual impact of the proposal is the exact opposite.
- alwayseasy 5y agoPlease argue the opposite because I don't see what you mean.
- nickpp 5y agoExisting iPhone owners (and there are a lot of them!) throwing away their Lightning cables/chargers when purchasing a new phone?
- t43562 5y agoA one off cost.
- CivBase 5y agoBut what's the gain? People will buy just as much electronic crap. It will just have USB-C ports instead of lightning ports. And it's not like USB 3.1 Type C will be the top end forever. People will still replace their old stuff whenever the next USB spec lands or some fancy new connector is released. It wasn't long ago that Micro USB 2.X was standard.
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- rocgf 5y agoI would be genuinely impressed if you can successfully defend your point of view. I fail to see how it would be possible for a single type of port for everything to increase waste and worsen consumer convenience.
- CivBase 5y agoiPhone users who buy new models with USB-C would have to replace any old stuff that uses the lightning connector. All this proposal would do is force a bunch of stuff to become obsolete. How would it significantly reduce ewaste? Most phones - including the iPhone - come with a cable that connects to a USB-A or USB-C port. I guess it would reduce the amount of male lightning to female USB-C dongles manufactured, but that seems pretty inconsequential.