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No, you are not weird, it's just Apple's idea of fostering progress by creating e-waste. It is a coherent strategy (irreplaceable parts etc.) that makes perfect
by hdjjhhvvhga 5y ago
No, you are not weird, it's just Apple's idea of fostering progress by creating e-waste. It is a coherent strategy (irreplaceable parts etc.) that makes perfect sense form business point of view but is bad for users and terrible for the environment.
- ghaff 5y agoTechnology moves on. It's reasonable to argue at what point you discontinue the direct legacy support but it's absolutely a question of when not if. There are other laptops out there with only USB-C at this point.
- hdjjhhvvhga 5y agoThat's exactly what I'm talking about. At the size of Apple, the decision as to when they drop a particular interface or service is the day millions of devices get useless. Unfortunately, we are still very bad ad recycling e-waste and only a part of it can be recovered successfully. As choosing the date has huge impact on the environment, a company that truly cares would take it into account.
- ctvo 5y ago> As choosing the date has huge impact on the environment, a company that truly cares would take it into account. And you think they haven't because it doesn't align with when you want to move on. You are not the only user in the world. I have a single item that uses USB A (my mouse). I plug it into a dock that I would have purchased anyway to handle multiple monitors, and that resolves my waste issues. YMMV.