griffinger@discuss.tchncs.de to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agoAfter charger, Apple removes USB-C cable from the boxwww.gizmochina.comexternal-linkmessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down12
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minus-squareTechnus@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·16 days agoIt’s fine if they reduce the price accordingly. If it’s still the same price after they take the cable out, it was never about reducing waste to begin with. Knowing Apple, that wouldn’t surprise me in the slightest, which is why I never have and never will own any of their products.
minus-squareGhostalmedia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·edit-216 days agoAdjusted for inflation, last years 15 was $827. The base 16 is $800 and a separate USB C cable from Apple is about $20 for 1m and $30 for 2m. So, if you buy a phone and cable, you’re spending about as much as you did last year, adjusting for inflation. I don’t know why I just wasted all that time calculating that. I need to get a life.
It’s fine if they reduce the price accordingly.
If it’s still the same price after they take the cable out, it was never about reducing waste to begin with.
Knowing Apple, that wouldn’t surprise me in the slightest, which is why I never have and never will own any of their products.
Adjusted for inflation, last years 15 was $827.
The base 16 is $800 and a separate USB C cable from Apple is about $20 for 1m and $30 for 2m.
So, if you buy a phone and cable, you’re spending about as much as you did last year, adjusting for inflation.
I don’t know why I just wasted all that time calculating that. I need to get a life.