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[–] pixxelkick@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

Literally all my devices charge with USB c now, no idea what your issue is.

Nintendo switch. My phone. My headphones. My headlamp. My flashlight. My ear buds pod. My VR headset...

I have no lack of usb c charging capability.

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Have you never heard of adapters?

And, in the end, we a have to decide on one standard. There used to be tons of different cables, and that wasn't exactly a better situation. Better to just bite the bullet and say this is the standard moving forward.

[–] skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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[–] magnusrufus@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Right, it's the environmental concerns and not the company seeing if they can get away with cutting the cost of providing the charge block.

[–] Noughmad@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago

Not just cutting the cost, but charging you extra for selling you a separate charger.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 9 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Who in 2023 doesn't have a USB-C to outlet charging adaptor?

How the hell are they charging all their other devices that definitely have USB-C ports on them?

Weird thing to complain about.

[–] Astroturfed@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I have a dozen regular USB blocks from the before fore times. But I only have one C block from my first pixel phone. Now they all come with C to C which are borderline useless to I had to buy a bunch of A to C cables to use the old blocks.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I didn't have one until I had to get a new phone last year that came with one. If it just came with a USB-C to USB-C cable and no brick, I wouldn't have had a single thing to charge the phone with. I have no USB-C port on my PC. I didn't have my PS5 yet. And I didn't even have any other USB-C using devices. Tons of devices still just have Micro-USB ports. Especially if they are cheap.

IDK about you, but I'm not getting or updating all my shit every few months. I still only have this phone, that one brick and now a PS5 and its controllers that use USB-C.

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

You're describing a USB-C -USB-A cable. OOP describes a USB-C - USB-C cable. I didn't have an outlet brick with a USB-C until I bought my current phone (S23 U) which only came with a cable like the one in the post

[–] MoonRaven@feddit.nl 6 points 2 years ago

Meanwhile he has 20+ chargers and bricks.

[–] vox@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 years ago

most Samsung phones can charge at >20w only with a c-to-c cable

[–] anonymous5432@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 2 years ago

Le heckin cringe

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz -5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

How about when you buy your phone you also buy a charger if you dont have one. There simple problem simple solution.

[–] Diprount_Tomato@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

That's just falling for it

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I guess you missed the point they were making.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Was the point that it's less environmentally friendly to sell phones without a charger?

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes, if you also have to purchase a charger, which comes with its own packaging, especially if you order that charger for delivery, separate from the phone. But companies like to lie and say they're excluding required peripherals for environmental reasons, when really it's just another profit line on their balance sheet.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 2 points 2 years ago

If you buy a phone and the charger at the same time there is no extra packaging. The box that a charger comes in is such a tiny amount of "waste" it's negligible.

If you buy a phone the realise you don't have a charger and order a charger for delivery then that's on you.

[–] Kata1yst@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

Well, this is reasonable IF the price of the phone reflects the ~$20 discount of no hardware. Bet you $20 it doesn't lol.