Everyone I know has at least 10 USB-C cables lying around, what’s the point of shipping more e-waste?
Ok, let’s be real here. A charger can last a decade even if the charging speed slows…a cord will not outlast a phone. If it does, there’s a serious issue
I see you’ve been using apple cables. Other cables will absolutely last ten years or more.
Apple: As long as we can gaslight you into thinking we’re classy, we can do whatever the fuck we want
2030: After headphone jacks, Apple removes USB-C charging ports in favor of wireless charging.
Final step would be to remove the phone from the box. They would do world a favor.
Any moment now…
Price wouldn’t change.
It would probably be an important step, considering the article is about AirPod 4 boxes.
I don’t love it, but I guess it does remove some e-waste. I don’t use any of the original cables for my headphone or my phone.
When do they start removing the phones from the boxes?
Lucky you! They never offered a phone in the AirPods boxes.
I honestly can’t be mad at this point because what they SHOULD do is sell cables in bulk packaging to the Apple store, and then when they sell a phone they say “Do you need a USB cable? Free with the phone.” If they say “No we’re okay I’ve got hundreds of them by now” no problem, if they say “Yeah in fact can I get two?” Sure. Same with chargers. Of course this is Apple we’re talking about, so they’re probably $69.99 each.
There is a good Adam Savage video on yt about the engineering of the thunderbolt or whatever cables.
They still should be shipped in bulk to the store but it makes more sense why they wouldn’t be given away free
Now it’s just a fuck you at this point
Good, I don’t need any more. Remove them from all boxes.
fear not you can buy an apple magic connector for just $60
runs at usb2 speed probably.
For me this would mostly be a non-issue. I’ve got enough extra USB-C cables that I don’t even unwrap the ones Apple has been shipping. Not to mention that I’m pretty used to charging my AirPods via MagSafe these days anyway.
But what about … new users entering the Apple ecosystem?
What ecosystem do they think people are coming from where they didn’t already have a USB C cable or wireless charger?
Many people don’t know usb-c cable is universal, and apple only advertises chargeing iphone with macbook and ipad charger.
I imagine most of these people use an iPhone, and they will certainly waste their money on an Apple cable.
Plus many of these tech-illiterate people are likely on a lighting iPhone with a barrel jack Windows, they won’t even know they need a new charging cable until they realize their old lighting cables don’t work.
How about current IPhone users who have nothing but lightning cables and decide to upgrade to the new USB-C model?
Anyone buying a new iPhone still gets a USB C cable. This only applies to Airpods.
apple moment
As long as a standard “unblessed” usb-c cable will work fully with the phone it’s non-issue.
Surely. /s
