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Most people already have chargers. They generally have a long lifespan. Why couple them with products that have a shorter lifespan?
by osigurdson 4y ago
Most people already have chargers. They generally have a long lifespan. Why couple them with products that have a shorter lifespan?
- ajross 4y agoMost tech people have chargers. Most everyone here is probably drowning in them. Not getting a new piece of garbage with every device seems like a feature to us. But we aren't "most people". Surely there's a middle ground here. And I have to say it, but one piece of the solution needs to be "Apple stops selling junk with proprietary connectors". The space of people who have an extra USB-C charger is MUCH larger than folks who have an extra lightning brick. I've stopped carrying extra bricks around when travelling with the family because the laptop charger does quadruple duty on all the devices.
- osigurdson 4y ago>> Apple stops selling junk with proprietary connectors I totally agree. Lightning was needed before USB-C existed but now it needs to go. >> who have an extra lightning brick I've actually never seen a lightning charging brick. Every Apple charger that I have is USB (C or the original/basic A type). Perhaps this is different in other countries.
- dividedbyzero 4y agoApple phones come with USB-C to lightning cables. There are no lightning bricks that I'm aware of. I sometimes charge my iPhone on my Anker laptop charger with the cable that came with the phone.
- matwood 4y agoThere's no such thing as a 'lightning brick'. Apple used to include a usb-a to lightning cable with their phones (and sometimes a usb-a power brick). All iPhones sold from Apple today come with a usb-c to lightning cable, thus already satisfying the use case you present.