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USBC is a golden example of "good" regulation. Thank you EU!

And with it goes millions of cables to the landfill

And without it, billions more are created that can only be used on one kind of device.

Technically more than one kind of device, and that device happens to number in the billions, with that many cables already existing in the world for about a decade now.

Do you think USB-C will be around forever? Hint: it won’t. And then all those cables will go to waste.

I'm not sure what point you're trying to make... basically everything we have will go to waste at some point. That does not mean we shouldn't reduce waste in the mean time.

I'd wager that a large majority of iPhone owners already have USB-C cables from some other product. But even if there is a small increase in wasted cables for 2-3 years as people acquire new cables, it will easily be offset over the next 5-10 due to reuse across multiple products.

> Do you think USB-C will be around forever?

At this stage it's genuinely hard to envision something replacing it - they're pulling 40gbit over this connector, running full pcie, displayport, etc. Most devices including these new phones are still using USB 2 speeds because it's good enough.

160gbit split into 4 unidirectional channels at either 2x2 or 3x1, so long as it’s “USB4 Version 2.0”.

We’ve said the same thing for years, at every speed tier tbh.

At least I don't have to carry Lightning cable and can just borrow a friends cable if I forget. And next time you try to backup 256GB iPhone with no iCloud Photos - good luck with this painful experience on a premium product.

USB-C charges almost every modern piece of tech, except iphones... with their shitty propriety connector

I wouldn't be surprised if USB-C was the end-game for physical connectors, and the future was wireless. I'm honestly surprised Apple hasn't extended MagSafe (the iPhone version) with data support yet, their alignment makes it much for feasible there than with Qi.

And also reusing the rest that are already at home.

If the phones aren't going to the landfill why would the cables?

And if the phones are going in the landfill, the cables are a rounding error.

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