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This is supposed to "prevent e-waste", but I can't imagine how. Like I've switched between iOS and Android, and I didn't just throw all my lightning cables out.
by donatj 4y ago
This is supposed to "prevent e-waste", but I can't imagine how. Like I've switched between iOS and Android, and I didn't just throw all my lightning cables out.
Now with them being made actually useless rather than not what I'm using right now, it's going to create so much e-waste when every iPhone user switches cables.
Seems like it's doing the exact opposite of what it's intended.
- pimterry 4y agoIt also mandates that manufacturers must make "do you want a charger" optional in purchases of electronic devices, which is where waste reduction comes in. That only works because the chargers are all interoperable, and hopefully leads to a world where far fewer device chargers & cables are produced and distributed unnecessarily.
- donatj 4y agoIf it were about chargers, you'd only need to dictate the plug on the charger, not the plug on the phone.
- timbit42 4y agoIt creates some more e-waste now but will reduce e-waste by a lot in the future.