A gigantic wall of text just to say we don’t have free chargers for whatever reason. IMHO they totally miss the point of the controversy…
Some pro-bundling arguments look nice but break down under critical examination.
Oh how interesting, I’m sure this will be followed up by a well thought out argument against it.
In reality, manufacturers shouldn’t provide free chargers with new phones. Consumer outcry won’t change the reality or manufacturers’ minds. Four years of hearing these faulty arguments proves it.
Fuckin nope, sure didn’t!
This guy is a moron.
On the other hand, it needs to be made clear to the less tech savvy consumers, and that is sometimes far from easy.
My mother-in-law received a rechargeable electric lighter as a gift. The instructions included told her to use the 5 inch long USB C cable to plug the lighter into her computer to charge.
She doesn’t have a computer.
She does have a smart phone that came with a USB C charging cable and power adapter. It took us almost 20 minutes to get her to understand that she could take the cable she uses to charge her phone and use it to charge the lighter. She was incredibly confused by the concept that a phone could share the same charging hardware as an electronic lighter.
I think this is a pretty typical scenario for advancements. The old way was simple and easy to understand, and the new way is better, cheaper, more “green”, etc. People around them will help them through the situation and it’ll be fine. If it had been this way from the start, it would all be fine already.
This guys a fucking idiot. And in my opinion, his whole own your accessory game is about collecting affiliate revenue from recommending third-party chargers.
He has written multiple “articles with promoted picks” recommending phone cases and screen protectors for $800 USD or above phone, just looking to add third party chargers to that list.