Apple forced to ditch lightning charger in new iPhone
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Apple confirms new iPhone 15 will have a common USB-C charging port after EU forces it into the change.

Apple forced to ditch iPhone lightning charger::Apple confirms new iPhone 15 will have a common USB-C charging port after EU forces it into the change.

  • Rootiest@lemm.eeEnglish
    333·
    1 year ago

    as every accessory with a lightning port just became e-waste. I guess Mother Nature didn’t see that.

    I think it’s interesting that you see this as USB-C’s fault.

    If Apple had stuck to a standard connector they would have been on usb-c in a year or two anyway and none of that e-waste would exist.

    Or if they went back on their word and switched to usb-c from lightning after a couple years, there would also be way less Lightning e-waste. What do you think happens to all those Lightning accessories when someone switches from iPhone to a different device?

    Apple’s proprietary Lightning connector is responsible for the e-waste, not USB-C or regulators.

    These regulations will stop companies like Apple making proprietary connectors purely for profit that generate all the e-waste in the first place.

    • Petter1@lemm.eeEnglish
      125·
      1 year ago

      Lol, a cable is barely e waste. The power Adapter is where the e waste is, and those usb A blocks can easily still be used, even if you only have usb-C cables lying around. For very little money, you can buy an Adapter from usb-A to C and you can still use them. I don’t get the eWaste argument on copper cables…