Gregory's Server@wonka ok let's forbid Nintendo products with all their proprietary stuff π
But indeed that's what the EU tells to consumers. βShut up!β.
Consumers deserve a choice
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 @wonka @SebastienK indeed! but the fact that apple still uses it for the iphone is ridiculous, especially since they know it's a bad connector because they don't use it for anything but the iphone! @SebastienK As if Apple was the only manufacturer of high-speed USB-C cables... @SebastienK Why do you blame that kind of asshattery on the EU though? It's clearly Apple's fault! @SebastienK You have a very close horizont if you only see that. USB-C is certainly the more future-proof option than Micro USB. Just look at how many devices there are already that charge via USB-C and do not bring their own wall wart! @wonka I have stopped using cables for charging for a while now. USB-C is good for real work. Charging is just a nice feat. Every iPhone sold with USB-C will have wireless charging. Wireless charging is the universal charger. No cable insertion needed. Every brand uses the same standard. Even Apple uses it @zegolem @SebastienK Wireless charging has high losses. I will not use it unless a wired connection absolutely is not possible. @zegolem @SebastienK Also, USB PD is specified to up to 240 Watts now - I want to see you do that much wirelessly. @SebastienK Well, OK, I do not care about your wailing anymore. π€· @zegolem @SebastienK @wonka huh, didn't know that... well, point still stands, these devices should've switched to usb-c long ago, i think consumers have been giving enough money to apple for proprietary cables that haven't had a reason to exist for years now... @SebastienK So that you only need USB-C for all devices. Not Lightning, and Lumberg, and TomTom, and Flurb, and Gnorf, and several different barrel plugs, and and and. @SebastienK By the way, if Apple wasn't so tight-assed, Lightning could have had the place USB-C has now. π€· @zegolem |
@SebastienK @wonka oh, i'd be more than happy for the eu to ban all proprietary stuff from all companies!
to answer your main point though, the "ewaste" caused by the switch to usb-c only really exists if you live in a vaccum where the only piece of tech everyone owns is an iPhone. that's not the case at all. people already have usb-c cables for the most part. the real ewaste is buying lightning cables for that one specific device, when we could just have reused what we had