If you live in an area of the US that still depends on coal (26 states by the way, so the majority) for it's livelihood and you've seen many of your friends and family lose their source of income because of mining downturns, that would be a reason to turn this off, and no there aren't any other viable jobs that pay at the same rates and none were provided when the coal jobs were stopped. You can go ahead and downvote I won't be looking at this for replies, quotes, etc.
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Apple Shares More Details on iOS 16.1 Clean Energy Charging Feature
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I turned it off. I am not selfish so I prefer to use up the dirty energy myself and let others use the clean energy.
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😂 Nice one! This one just went over my head, hahahah! We need a poll if people will be using this feature or not.
I'll be keeping it off. I only charge my iphone when it's under 10%, usually around 5% or less, when I really need a charge. I think this feature is more geared towards people who like to keep their iPhone on the charger all the time.
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It takes more energy to build the phone, and especially mine for the lithium used in the battery, than it ever will to keep it charged for the lifetime of the device. That's a rounding error. But it gives Apple and excuse to drain even more diagnostic and telemetry data from you.
Remember when we used to plug our devices in and they just, you know, charged?
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Maybe this feature is strictly useful for Apple Retail Stores because they have the phones plugged in at all times. 🤨
This is the dumbest feature Apple ever came up with. I will not use this pointless feature.
Hrmm, neat concept but a bit useless as people will want a charge to be reliable. It's especially useless if someone is already on a 100% green supplier.
More interesting to me would be cost-based charging. I get super cheap electricity overnight (11:30pm-5:30am) so just allowing me to input those times and have it do the bulk of it's nightly charge then would be significantly more useful - especially with a house full of iOS devices. My car can do that already!
More interesting to me would be cost-based charging. I get super cheap electricity overnight (11:30pm-5:30am) so just allowing me to input those times and have it do the bulk of it's nightly charge then would be significantly more useful - especially with a house full of iOS devices. My car can do that already!
Turned off due to:
1) I want my phone to charge when I want it to charge
2) Protest
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Maybe Apple doesn’t want us charging our iPhones to 100% anymore. I’m still lost and confused. I wish, Craig Federighini would explain and elaborate further. That's it.....
I'm going to email Craig right now and ask him about Clean Energy Charging. See what he has to say and if he is leaving it on or off.
I'm going to email Craig right now and ask him about Clean Energy Charging. See what he has to say and if he is leaving it on or off.
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Ah yes, better turn this feature on to offset the 2 metric tons of carbon dioxide emitted per hour from the jet! This feature is a joke.
thank you for this article MR.
And secondly, I believe this charging thing has a direct impact on their Green initiative goals. Read Alllllllllll about it here:
Lots and lots of info. Have fun. (But be bored, before going into it, haha.)
And secondly, I believe this charging thing has a direct impact on their Green initiative goals. Read Alllllllllll about it here:
Environment
Apple 2030 is our plan to bring our net emissions to zero through recycled and renewable materials, clean electricity, and lower-carbon shipping.
www.apple.com
Lots and lots of info. Have fun. (But be bored, before going into it, haha.)
This sounds wonderful but its effect on the environment is literally zero – it's entirely a marketing ploy.
If you are near a nuclear plant does it just charge 24*7 no problems? French people laughing again?
Mine is toggled on and I’ve went into ‘significant locations’ and it is still turned off.
Unless it turns on while charging. Not being sarcastic, really don’t know haha.
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this is just for virtue signaling. it's meaningless otherwise.
“Clean Energy Charging works together with Optimized Battery Charging to learn your charging habits.
Clean Energy Charging engages only where you spend the most time and regularly charge your iPhone for long periods of time, such as your home and place of work. The feature doesn't engage if your charging habits are variable or you're in a new location, such as when you travel. Because of this and to get the carbon-emission forecast for your area, some location settings must be turned on for Clean Energy Charging to activate.
Your iPhone doesn't send any of the location information that it uses for this feature to Apple.”
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Clean Energy Charging engages only where you spend the most time and regularly charge your iPhone for long periods of time, such as your home and place of work. The feature doesn't engage if your charging habits are variable or you're in a new location, such as when you travel. Because of this and to get the carbon-emission forecast for your area, some location settings must be turned on for Clean Energy Charging to activate.
Your iPhone doesn't send any of the location information that it uses for this feature to Apple.”
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This is a solution searching for a problem. Of all the energy guzzling devices and appliances, charging a phone consumes a mouse fart's worth of electricity. Optimized battery charging already takes that into account for most people that have a normal nightly sleep patterns, where electricity demands are lowest.
And how could it be clean energy charging if your local grid is powered by fossil fuels?
And how could it be clean energy charging if your local grid is powered by fossil fuels?
A dumb feature. Just like stage manager on macOS.
I’ll definitely turn it off. And I want it to KEEP OFF.
Megacorps love to introduce these inconsequential features trying to offset their emission and pollution onto end user, when in reality, their activity emits way more stuff and damage environment more. If this feature is not considered green wash, idk what else would be.
I’ll definitely turn it off. And I want it to KEEP OFF.
Megacorps love to introduce these inconsequential features trying to offset their emission and pollution onto end user, when in reality, their activity emits way more stuff and damage environment more. If this feature is not considered green wash, idk what else would be.
