Comment on iPhone 15 buyers will be reminded Lightning cables are now landfill
Cabrio@lemmy.world 1 year agoYep, the e-waste conversation is bullshit apple propaganda because they aren’t happy about playing nice with competitors and losing proprietary control of their connectors despite it being the same e-waste as if they were upgrading from or to any other standard.
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Eh, at the time they went with proprietary over micro usb to have a reversible port that could push more wattage. I feel like they’ve been dragging their feet because consumers hate changing to new cable standards. I remember the complaints when they moved away from the 40-pin to lightning. They’ve been putting USB C on devices for years now.
Neato@kbin.social 1 year ago
Are apple consumers more prone to this complaint than the rest of us? Since I've had cell phones I've moved from USB-mini to USB-micro to USB-C. Every time it was a better change. This is just as many as apple is being asked to do except now they get to benefit from all of the 3rd party cable manufacturers.
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I think most tech-illiterate consumers are iPhone users. That’s been my experience in the US at least. If I started talking cable wattage or data transfer speeds to my aunts and uncles they would immediately glaze over.
Satelllliiiiiiiteeee@kbin.social 1 year ago
I still hear people complain about the switch from 30-pin to Lightning. People who aren't into tech are extremely resistant to change
CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 1 year ago
They only came with 5W chargers from the early models up to the iPhone 11 in 2019.
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yeah, but Apple was planning on using the port for years, which they have. iPhone 8 was the first to support faster charging in 2017.