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0 pointsNtrails2mo ago0 comments

> prioritizing BT over wired earphones

Bluetooth sucks, needing to charge headphones sucks. I'm still bitter :p

> I am glad, though, that they were forced to stick with USB-C if I'm not mistaken.

Now I have a boatload of apple chargers which will all be made into landfill for the good of the planet when i next upgrade my phone. Thank you so much.

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dwaite2mo ago

Apple went USB-C on chargers starting in March 2016 (with USB-C to lightning cables on the iPad Pro). They started shipping them with phones that fall.

USB-A chargers are so brutally slow, but you can use a USB-A to C cable if you really want to spend 3+ hours charging a modern phone.

The switch prompted cables to go into the landfill. The USB-A chargers should have been there half a decade ago.

DroneBetter2mo ago

other people have a load of USB-C charging cables and are frustrated with having to buy Lightning ones and clutter their bags with more wires than necessary.

although Lightning was better-designed for being routinely used (pins on the outside of the wire end rather than inside the device, easy to clean and no protruding pieces in the device to damage/snap off), and the ideal scenario would have been making it an open standard

NtrailsOP2mo ago

It's short term annoyance for a long term greater good. I'm not oblivious - but of course the impact on me is simply negative (and I'm not going to leave the walled garden anyway so what were we ever achieving really)

Tagbert2mo ago

Oddly, Apple has gotten a lot of criticism for not including chargers be default with their phones for this specific reason.

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