It would have been sweeter if it was regular USB-C, so we're not contributing to...

dkonofalski · on Oct 13, 2020

They have literally had 2 adapters for the entire history of the iPhone. "Continually changing" is flat out wrong and changing it to USB-C on the other end would support the opposite point you're making.

jackson1442 · on Oct 13, 2020

...you mean the Lightning adapters that have been in use since the iPhone 5 and would be thrown out upon the switch to USB-C?

colejohnson66 · on Oct 13, 2020

But if they switched, you’d be creating waste anyways; you’d need to throw out your lightning cables and replace them with USB-C...

triceratops · on Oct 13, 2020

People usually have USB-Cs lying around anyway. Macbooks, Chromebooks, many monitors already use them. So do many Android phones.

ValentineC · on Oct 13, 2020

If waste really was an issue, Apple could do better and not use crappy insulation for their Lightning and MagSafe cables.

I buy 3rd party cables because I know the cables will eventually fail in a year or two.