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0 pointsmaxerickson9y ago0 comments

A cable of rather limited uses is the moral equivalent of a dongle.

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Except that it increases utility.

I can now bring a single charger that can charge my MacBook Pro and my iPhone. I just need a USB-C to USB-C cable and a USB-C to Lightning cable.

Charge my laptop or charge my iPhone or charge both (use the laptop as a passthrough).

It will reduce the amount of stuff I carry, I tend to carry just an iPhone charger while traveling in case I want to bring it with me where I don't bring my laptop, extra space in luggage and weight.

maxericksonOP9y ago

Increases utility over what? If the ports all match, you can choose to carry 1 or 2 cables depending on whether you want to make 1 or 2 connections. Since the ports don't match, you need a cable for each type of connection you might want to make.

0x09y ago

Can you plug this particular cable into a wall adapter iOS charger? If not, then you still need two different cables depending on whether you want to charge from the wall or the mac.

SysArchitect9y ago

You can't plug it into the wall adapter iOS charger, but you can plug it into a USB-C charger that comes with the MBP.

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SysArchitect9y ago

Except that it increases utility.

I can now bring a single charger that can charge my MacBook Pro and my iPhone. I just need a USB-C to USB-C cable and a USB-C to Lightning cable.

Charge my laptop or charge my iPhone or charge both (use the laptop as a passthrough).

It will reduce the amount of stuff I carry, I tend to carry just an iPhone charger while traveling in case I want to bring it with me where I don't bring my laptop, extra space in luggage and weight.

maxericksonOP9y ago

0x09y ago

Can you plug this particular cable into a wall adapter iOS charger? If not, then you still need two different cables depending on whether you want to charge from the wall or the mac.

SysArchitect9y ago

You can't plug it into the wall adapter iOS charger, but you can plug it into a USB-C charger that comes with the MBP.

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