jacofstl t1_ir667gy wrote on October 5, 2022 at 4:56 PM

Reply to comment by rpsls in Great news for everyone by bk27465

Maybe initially. But the charges they have will still work for the devices they have. It's a huge help for many Apple products where the charger will change from year to year. Making it universal will prevent consumers from needing to buy multiple charges for multiple devices, or change it yearly. In the longterm this will make a massive postive difference in terms E-waste and for a what a consumer will need to spend.

JUYED-AWK-YACC t1_ir66s3l wrote on October 5, 2022 at 5:00 PM

The charger has never changed. Lightning connectors have been standard on iPhones longer than usb-c on Android.

Crizznik t1_ir6tq1k wrote on October 5, 2022 at 7:26 PM

That's a strong statement. You're correct that the lightning connectors have been standard for Apple for longer than the USB-C, but they used to be a different connector. And USB-C works for dozens of different styles and brands of electronics. The lightning connector only works for Apple products. That is anti-consumer. Largely Apple's fault, but still anti-consumer.

JUYED-AWK-YACC t1_ir6wypq wrote on October 5, 2022 at 7:46 PM

They have changed once.

Also, usb-c for everything is a terrible idea. Nobody keeps track of the different types.

Crizznik t1_ir6zplx wrote on October 5, 2022 at 8:03 PM

To be fair, for smart phones, USB has only changed once too. From USB-micro to USB-C. For flip phones it was USB-mini, but that was also before smart phones, before Apple phones at all, were a thing.

JUYED-AWK-YACC t1_ir70ggh wrote on October 5, 2022 at 8:08 PM

You're just an argument clinic. You haven't explained how the chargers change "from year to year" as you originally asserted, and I refuted that. I'm bored with this. Still looking forward to ecologically throwing out all my cords in a few years.

Crizznik t1_ir717hw wrote on October 5, 2022 at 8:13 PM

I never said they change from year to year. I think you have me confused with someone else. The only point I was making is that you were being disingenuous when you claimed that Apple have it any better as far as changing connectors are concerned from other devices. Android and Apple phones have changed chargers the same amount of times as each other, and forcing them all to one connector would be good for everyone. And hey, if you think forcing everywhere to use lightning would be preferable to forcing everywhere to use USB-C, that's fine. I disagree, but that's your opinion. It's objective fact that it would be better for consumer if all cell phones used the same power cable. All tablets too.