I keep reading that the switch to USB on iphone is great because now we can carry around just one charger.

Is this really the case for most people? My MacBook is USB C, but other than that and my Nintendo Switch I don’t think I own anything that uses USB C - at least not stuff I would consider daily carry.

Airpods pro - lightning/wireless Ipad - lightning Apple watch - proprietary charger

Don’t get me wrong, I like the switch to USB, but for me it means one more cable.

  • MangyCanine@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    For people new to Apple’s ecosystem, USB C is nice.

    For those of us who have been in Apple’s ecosystem for a while, USB C doesn’t do much except accelerate our upgrade spending. We still have a metric buttload of lightning-based devices, and USB C changes nothing in that regard. We still have to use lightning cables unless we want to pointlessly spend $$$$$ replacing perfectly working lightning-based devices with USB C ones (trackpads, airpods, mice, etc.). While we would have had to replace our multiport chargers eventually, we had to replace some sooner (have you seen the prices for quality 4-port USB C chargers???). It would have been nice to have done this in a couple of years when these chargers would have been around for a while and be cheaper.

    (Basically, we’ve had to spend a few hundred dollars on new chargers and cables sooner rather than later.)