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Now I can finally throw away all of those perfectly usable lightning cables and buy a horde of new USB-C cables that do absolutely nothing to improve my experie
by jmye 3y ago
Now I can finally throw away all of those perfectly usable lightning cables and buy a horde of new USB-C cables that do absolutely nothing to improve my experience. Thanks for that, EU.
- wsve 3y ago??? Using a standardized cable that you'll always be able to find at a friend's place that also works with basically all modern devices doesn't improve your user experience?
- falsebeliefs 3y ago[dead]
- jmye 3y agoWhy would I find a cable at a friends house? I charge my phone at home, at night. With one of the cables that also work with my earphones and tablet.
- jdlshore 3y agoSome people have sexy friends that invite them to stay the night. Some people stay with family. Some people use their phones a lot and need to charge away from home. Some people have worn out batteries that don’t hold much charge.
- wpm 3y agoI carry an external battery and a cable when I know I’m gonna be gone long enough that my phone dying is a remote possibility.
- IshKebab 3y agoI don't think anybody is saying that there are no people without friends, or people that have weird cable/battery obsessions. They're just a small minority so it doesn't make sense to make laws cater to just them.
- mensetmanusman 3y agoHard pass if there are no wireless chargers
- jmye 3y agoSome people figure out how to carry their charger in 99% of those cases. Some of those people are still on lightning. Some of them have Qi chargers that already work universally. This is absolutely not a problem for anyone over the age of 18 or with a modicum of personal responsibility. But hey, at least you’ve legislated a solution that enhances nothing technical, but makes sure that someday you can… borrow a cable? Cool. Big add. Thanks, EU.
- bouke 3y agoLightning is standardised across my friends and family, so being the weird one out with usb-c doesn’t improve my user experience.
- pikelet 3y agoWhy, are they also forcing you to throw away your old iPhone?
- jmye 3y agoThe battery will, at some point, necessitate getting a new phone, yes. As will other innovation. I know this seemed like a really smart dig, but it’s not like it only affects one year of devices. Come on, now.
- ShadowBanThis01 3y agoOr you could just replace the battery. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- jmye 3y ago“As will other innovation” I really didn’t use that many words.
- Gigachad 3y agoThe phones all come with a cable so if you buy a new phone you'll be getting the cable anyway.
- AlotOfReading 3y agoOther than the iPhone and the ear pods, I can't think of a single Apple device that doesn't have USB-C. The Macs all have it, beats pro have it, homepod has it, even the Apple TV has a USB-C port. I'm sure the universe of people who only have those two devices and don't have friends that own literally any other devices will be distraught that they have to add a $5 cable to their next phone purchase, but I don't feel very bad for them. Would you prefer it if the 15 had two ports instead?
- jasomill 3y agoWould you prefer it if the 15 had two ports instead? Yes, because then I could plug in a charging cable and Apple's diminutive 3.5 mm headphone adapter (for old car stereo) at the same time.
- tonyedgecombe 3y ago>Other than the iPhone and the ear pods, I can't think of a single Apple device that doesn't have USB-C. The keyboards and mice are still on lightning.
- anomaly_ 3y agoI can't wait to be using USB C in 15 years because of the EU.
- tekchip 3y agoYou do know how standards work right? They get revised with time. Did you forget we had headphones jacks at least that long, USB A. Lightning has gone unchanged how many years?
- audunw 3y agoIf phone makers feel a need to change charging port now, it’ll likely be to go all-wireless. If wireless charging ends up nearly as fast/efficient as USB what’s the point of USB? (for devices that don’t need super fast data transfer) EU doesn’t prevent going all wireless I believe. Apple Watch is not getting banned.
- sfmike 3y agothe term experience was used and only carrying 1 usbc cable from a fast charge portable power bank for an iphone and M chip macbook will be an amazing experience
- DANmode 3y agoNow I can buy good white Bluetooth headphones without having to retool my entire home's power banking.
- notTooFarGone 3y agoImagine complaining about standardization.