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> The irony is that I believe the Lightning Connector, the iPhone connector, has been the longest standing standard connector (11 years now)

Not sure how that's irony, since the connector is proprietary and not an open standard, resulting in e-waste and expensive chargers.

Your argument would have more weight if they opened it up. Do you think Apple should have done that?

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In what way does it generate more e-waste than any other cable? Unless you switch back and forth between iPhone and Android regularly, you’ll need roughly the same number of cables regardless of the platform.

I need different cables to charge my ipad/mac and iPhone.

I can charge basically all (dozens) of my gadgets using usb-c cable, but I still need to carry additional outdated lightning with me to charge the damn phone.

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