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this post was submitted on 17 Jun 2023
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USB-A is one-sided, unlike USB-C, so you can't do direct data transfers between two devices with USB-A ports. It's much slower too. Electronic waste is not ideal but it has to happen for a large-scale hardware upgrade. I try to reduce it by recycling my USB-A bricks and cables.
I also cannot understand why, unless you use Apple devices exclusively, you would be happy that one company's series of devices has to use a completely unique charging system from every other device in the world. I don't care if Lightning is better when it's proprietary. If Apple "sticks two fingers up" and doesn't integrate USB-C charging into the iPhone 15, I won't be buying another device from them, because I'm tired of having to carry two different cables around - one USB-C for my laptop, Android phone, power bank, speaker and other devices, and one Lightning charger for nothing else but the damn iPhone.