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Straw-man argument, as the law won't require retroactively changing the port on existing iPhones.
by danmaz74 4y ago
Straw-man argument, as the law won't require retroactively changing the port on existing iPhones.
- donatj 4y agoMost iPhone users are going to buy new iPhones though, eventually. And when they do the lightning cables they already have are going to be useless and they'll have to replace every single cable they own. This literally just created a mountain of e-waste. We turned a hypothetical "what about when they switch" into a forced reality.
- staringback 4y agoHow long do you think the average lightning cable lasts?
- donatj 4y agoI mean depends. Sure, some people are hard on cables but I'm still using the original that came with my 2017 iPad I'm writing this on.
- CubsFan1060 4y agoI don't think I've had any decent lightning cable wear out. The super thin and cheap ones have, but I haven't had any from Apple or Anker wear out yet.
- moomin 4y agoI mean, I’m an iPhone user and have plenty of USB-C cables. And charging cables rarely last that long anyway, so I don’t think this is going to be a big deal.
- hotpotamus 4y agoUm... What portion of your budget are you going to have to spend to buy a couple USB-C cables? Like if you really need, I can probably send you one or two because otherwise I'd just throw them away.
- triceratops 4y agoCables aren't e-waste. Phones are.
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- Bud 4y agoIt's not a straw man, and you clearly have neither learned what a straw man is, nor really looked at this entire issue.