No it isn't the same thing at all. It'd be like if you had to purchase the fuel tank separately when buying a car. That's what selling a phone without a charger is like. If people wanted free electricity with their phone purchase, your analogy would make sense but nobody has asked for that.
Could just try and educate them on the reason if you're an expert in the field.
Fine. I said "they usually sell..." not ged rid of. When you sell an item, you are likely to get more money if it is with all accessories...
Got it. Because you haven’t seen your original analogy was bad. Took multiple posts across multiple days to get to that.
But at some point everyone already has a charging brick and cable and it’s only people buying their first device ever that won’t already have one. So the person you’re selling your iPhone to will already have a charging brick they can use meaning you can keep the one you have and Apple doesn’t need to include one in the box.
Because the scale is totally different? Because the MacBook charger is not common?
Some people are working very hard to defend this move by Apple. I assume they are an Apple customer, so it makes no sense why someone would defend something that costs them extra money.
That’s the point, it doesn’t cost them extra money as they continue to use the charging bricks they already have! It costs them no more money and helps reduce the amount of charging bricks manufactured.
The conclusion is based on illogic. While we’re figuring out how to screw apple and get the customer a free charger here’s my suggestion. What Apple could do is provide a voucher and raise the price by some $$$. You can then exchange the voucher for a charger or refund.
It’s not costing me money personally. Maybe a first time cell buyer. This is 2022, a lot of the world has cell phones.
Agreed. Even bricks that aren’t sold with phones can be used to charge phones (e.g, the brick that comes with a fire tv will charge your phone). That’s certainly not the case for MacBooks.
www.theverge.com
That story was from 2020 just after Apple had taken the charger out of the box.As many people suspected, it’s a money grab by Apple by not including the charger and earphones with the newer iPhones. Helping the environment… not so much.
It’s pretty much what the government of Brazil found and why it imposed its ruling.
Have the chargers (& wired earphones) available for anyone who wants one.
Too many people defending Apple as it does no wrong whatever it does.
Apple ditching chargers saves costs but not the planet
The iPhone 12 doesn’t come with earbuds or a wall charger
You’re basing your conclusion on a two year article from 2020 that uses suppositions and without a follow up to understand if the article held any water or sank like a rock.As many people suspected, it’s a money grab by Apple by not including the charger and earphones with the newer iPhones. Helping the environment… not so much.
It’s pretty much what the government of Brazil found and why it imposed its ruling.
Have the chargers (& wired earphones) available for anyone who wants one.
Too many people defending Apple as it does no wrong whatever it does.
Apple ditching chargers saves costs but not the planet
The iPhone 12 doesn’t come with earbuds or a wall charger
Lack of media savviness is a real issue of our time. People will generally believe any source as long as it aligns with their pre-existing beliefs.
Doesn’t matter that it’s a 2020 article as the same issue itself continues to this day which is the point.
But we don’t know what the environmental impact is of the change.
Yeah, but it’s a horribly ineffective money grab. They left a big hole in that the money can be grabbed by companies that are NOT Apple.
Nah, the bigger savings would be just to stop making any products at all. MacBook, done. AirPods, done. But, NOT just that, it would be MUCH better for the environment if their new campus didn’t exist. Leave all the trees, get rid of the building, plant more trees and then it could be a REAL Apple park. Oh, and return those data centers to their natural state as well.You know what would really be an environmental savings? If phones came without the exterior housing. Still completely usable. If you hold it the right way. Besides, a lot of people put cases on anyway. Of course, Apple would be happy to sell you the housing for an additional fee if you really need it...
Nope, I’m getting nothing! Apple takes the chargers out of the box, people buy non-Apple chargers (and those non-Apple charger companies don’t even pay a MFi licensing fee)… they literally missed the biggest money grab of all in not making the chargers proprietary. Even for someone switching from Android, they can use the USB-C charger that came with their old phone, just plug in the cable Apple includes.
