Well, Apple doesn’t include chargers on their new iPhones to protect the planet and their keynotes are feel-good orgy of virtuosity. Hard to believe they exploit people...
Oh, hello there, my breakfast.
If it were about the planet they would say something like: "You're eligible for a free charger if you need it."
It's the company that sells headphone ear cushions for 77 EUR.
This choice was dumb even if their expressed environmental intent is authentic and it wasn't a marginal revenue grab.
I feel like USB-C has proliferated sufficiently. Not denying your perspective, just offering an alternate one.
The only USB-C chargers I've had included with a device are from my iPad and my laptop. For those of us in Apple-land, that started around 2016 for laptops and 2018 for iPad Pros. The iPad Air just went USB-C a few months ago, and the base model iPad I assume still comes with a USB-A charger (though I didn't check).
But at least with USB-C instead of MagSafe I can get a $17 multi-port charger with 60W power delivery and 3x USB-A ports to hook up at my desk, and keep the laptop brick handy to toss in a bag or use elsewhere without digging it up from under my desk every time. https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=24425
My wife does have a Nintendo Switch, so there's that. (IIRC, the Nintendo Switch's USB-C is non-standard? I might be misremembering.) I don't think I could use it as a phone charger on a regular basis, just for logistical reasons.
Just because the actual action can also be spun in q environmental friendly way doesn't mean the company actually did it for that.
They didn't want to include a charger and just used the environment as an excuse so they can argue all criticism away
If it were about saving the planet and not just reducing costs they could have included a discount voucher to allow anyone buying an iPhone who genuinely needs a charger to get one without incurring an extra expense.
Ultimately it is a good thing if we reduce the number of unused chargers being manufactured, but right now I suspect many iPhone 12 buyers had to buy a new charger anyways and wound up paying extra for it. In that case it’s rather cynical of Apple to pass it off as being for the environment when the benefits accrue to them.
I believe they lowered the price on the bricks for everyone, not just new iPhone buyers.
I am glad I wasn't drinking my coffee, there would have been cleaning involved. :D
As far as I can see, they stopped including chargers partly because of EU pressure (new law?) that mobile phones should be sold without chargers in order to reduce e-waste because everyone already have a box-load of these at homes. Hence also the push to standardize so that any charger works with any device.
Of course, commercially this allows manufacturers to potentially cut costs while keeping the price of phones the same... But why not, nothing wrong with that.
From an environmental point of view, making people specifically pay for chargers is the best way to make sure they only get the number of chargers they actually need, which fulfils the aim of reducing e-waste.
But apples cables are notorious for breaking easily.
But I have been using the same cable since X years and it's working fine.
Goddamn, this is why I really fucking hate Apple so much. Its why I fucking hate the fact that I picked up a base model Mac Mini. I can't argue its better for many use cases and that I switch between it and my 3900X workstation throughout the day for various workloads, but fucking Christ in Heaven it pisses me off that I have to, to begin with.
I fucking hate giving that shit company even a dollar.
When buying the iPhone 12 one could chose to get the charger ( free ).
If you need one, buy one.
I don’t see any practical, technical, ethical reason to include one. I see environmental and simplicity reasons to not include one.
The means by which people will bend over backwards to paint Apple in a good light is insane.
But yeah drop the user guide too and put it on a website, good idea. The box, not that because it protects the product leading to less wastage.
As for those missing chargers, they probably have multiple reasons for not including them. The environmental impact may even play a small role. Ultimately though, the main reasons are going to be business driven (e.g. reduced manufacturing costs and perhaps increased sales of chargers). If these people were truly interested in protecting the environment, they wouldn't be in the business of selling disposable consumer goods.
If people are going to buy consumer goods anyone trying to make it a bit better should be celebrated.
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This is beyond false and way into absolute nonsense.
Been there since iPhone 8.
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