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For new or transferring Android users this would be amazing, but I have to say at this point I'm so deep into the Apple ecosystem that I'd be more mad if they switched to USB-C. Haha I realize the Band-Aid will most likely have to be ripped off at some point, but currently I still am fine with no USB-C.

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It's really weird how folks talk about e-waste and environmental factors, as if a switch to USB-C wouldn't mean three trillion Lightning cables getting yeeted into the ocean… like, I personally am quite over Lightning, but come on, folks

also deeply weird and annoying that the Magic Keyboard and Magic Mouse use lightning for charging, that was a dumb call out of the gate

It's not like lightning cables have an infinite lifespan though. And they won't actually be sent into the ocean

double-check the little paper pamphlet that came with your iPhone, it literally says "please drive to the closest ocean — Pacific if you're in Kansas — and throw your lightning cable into the water when it reaches the end of its finite lifespan" in fine print.

That's such a backwards way of thinking about it, e-waste could be cut down so much if people only had one charger for everything. You're overstating the magnitude of a short term side-effect, instead of focusing on the long term benefit.

> It's really weird how folks talk about e-waste and environmental factors, as if a switch to USB-C wouldn't mean three trillion Lightning cables getting yeeted into the ocean… like, I personally am quite over Lightning, but come on, folks

This argument is bollocks.

People won't throw lightning cables if the iPhone 14 had USB-C because their current phones STILL use Lightning.

Current phones' ports wouldn't magically become USB-C overnight.

> I'm so deep into the Apple ecosystem that I'd be more mad if they switched to USB-C

What do you mean? Macbook is USB-C, iPad is USB-C etc. It's a pain in the ass to have the iPhone still lighting

What are you replacing besides the cables?

Worst case is you add another dongle to your collection.

A dongle attached to my IR camera would make the IR camera much more annoying to use, for example. It operates directly flush against the bottom of the phone. Cables tend to wiggle around.

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