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0 pointsHamuko3y ago0 comments

>So still when the Android user with the cheap power only USB C cord moves over to the hypothetical iPhone 15 with USB C, they will still have to throw away their USB C cable that potentially doesn’t support high speed data or video over USB C.

Except that it's still a perfectly fine cable for charging, which is what most people do with their cables?

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scarface743y ago

As long as you don’t care about data transfers of the very large video and photos that modern phones can create or connecting to a larger screen. If you want to “avoid ewaste” why not “mandate” more than the least common denominator?

If iPhone users were satisfied with the least common denominator, they would be buying cheap Android phones.

AuryGlenz3y ago

The amount of people that transfer videos/photos off of their phone to a computer by any means is absolutely minuscule.

scarface743y ago

So you think the people shooting 4K video and taking RAW pictures are posting them to Instagram?

The lowest common denominator is the same reason that Bluetooth outside of the Apple ecosystem is such a shit show.

Android has supported its own proprietary video over micro USB for ages before USB C became more ubiquitous. What are the chances that Android manufactures won’t cheap out and not ship with cables that can support video over USB?

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0 pointsHamuko3y ago0 comments

Except that it's still a perfectly fine cable for charging, which is what most people do with their cables?

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scarface743y ago

If iPhone users were satisfied with the least common denominator, they would be buying cheap Android phones.

AuryGlenz3y ago

The amount of people that transfer videos/photos off of their phone to a computer by any means is absolutely minuscule.

scarface743y ago

So you think the people shooting 4K video and taking RAW pictures are posting them to Instagram?

The lowest common denominator is the same reason that Bluetooth outside of the Apple ecosystem is such a shit show.

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