Most stupidest feature doesn’t even make sense
I didn't have kids. You're welcome. I've already done more for the environment than any recycling, "carbon pinching", vegan diet, ect. will ever do.
I always find it funny that the people that seem to be the most concerned about the environment are the ones that pumped out 3-4 kids.
Or people like me who like to charge Anker power bricks and use those to charge my phone so I can charge wherever/whenever I want. If I have enough will power, I'll use my 100w+ panels to charge the bricks up.What happens if you are a pilot and charge your iPhone using airplane electricity? Does this charging thing still matter for the environment?
It looks like it takes location in account and isn't used when you're traveling - just when you're at home.What happens if you are a pilot and charge your iPhone using airplane electricity? Does this charging thing still matter for the environment?
My guess... but let's take the 40 million people in California https://worldpopulationreview.com/states/california-population and say .... just for sake of argument that 10 million of them have iPhones and again for sake of argument, they all have this clean energy feature on and they all charge after work between 5-8pm.Most stupidest feature doesn’t even make sense
The feature is used in conjunction with significant locations. So if you’re driving cross country my guess is it won’t activate.Wonder how this works when driving across country say from north idaho to south dakota? Does it know you are on the road moving from state to state and thus throttling your charging based on location and based on green available energy? Oh wait, i’m charging from my gas powered car…how does it reconcile that? Think I’ll just turn it off.
I think that's why it has location as a requirement. My guess is it'll only work at a location that your phone spends a lot of time at (like home). And since it works with optimized charging:I don't believe in i indulgences. I turned that **** off immediately.
Cute how they turn it on by default, and if you try to turn it off they give you a beg screen offering to turn it off "just until tomorrow" rather than just GTFO.
I give it six months before enough people say "Hey! Why isn't my phone charging?" and turn this nonsense off to reach critical mass for tech reporting.
By the way, if I'm charging in my car, how does that meet any definition of "clean energy?"
Exactly. I don't want to get shaken out of bed at 2am by an earthquake only to find my phone is dead b/c it decided not to charge yet! I want my electronics to do what I say, not what they "think" is best. If i plug you in, I want you to *#%$**g charge! (And yes, cells may be out in an earthquake, but maybe not. also, flashlight, compass, etc would be useful)Not always. My point still stands. I need my phone reliably charged, and it's unethical for apple to turn this on by default. There's any number of life/health/safety situations where someone who expects a fully charged phone, only to find a dead one instead, could suffer serious consequences. I don't disagree with the function for those interested. I disagree with the default-on.
Yeah, but the light is powered by a windmill!Joke's on you if you're using that on a table inside under electric lighting - then it's just wireless charging that's less efficient that Qi.
You forgot this is geolocated, so your phone consumes its battery reserve 30% faster to know if it should charge.Yeah, but the light is powered by a windmill!
Which runs by having lots of fans pointed at it.
Which runs using tidal power!
From a lake by having boats whizz up and down.
The real solution is energy austerity. Using less energy. This implies less compulsive buying of the latest techno gadget out there, less aimless screen time, etc. Which means less Apple, less Macrumors and otherThis is ridiculous nonsense. Charging from clean energy - honestly? How gullible would you have to be to believe that? The electricity that comes down that cable could - and does - come from any source - hydro, coal/gas, nuclear, wind/solar - there's absolutely no way to tell, and even less way to preferentially switch between them. So having a little thing on a phone to select 'clean energy' is beyond meaningless. If you think moving a little slider on your phone from position A to position B is having the slightest effect on anything at all, then I have a bridge to sell you.
"A forecast of carbon emissions in the nearby energy grid"... based on what? Using what data? What forecasting model? Virtue Signalling at its worst.
And a note on terminology: If you're worried about carbon emissions, you don't know what you're talking about. Last time I checked, power stations do not emit large quantities of diamonds, graphite or graphene into the atmosphere. If you mean carbon dioxide, why not say carbon dioxide? Too complicated? Too long? Too sciency? Or just too lazy? And if you're worried about CO2 in the atmosphere, why aren't you worried about water vapour?
I doubt Apple is going to sit by and wait for the go ahead from you or any of us.I’ll let you know when I want a choice and quit wasting code on something so stupid.
I didn’t expect action.I doubt Apple is going to sit by and wait for the go ahead from you or any of us.
So if your phone dies on a plane for reasons unexpected you’re screwed? Correct?Not always. My point still stands. I need my phone reliably charged, and it's unethical for apple to turn this on by default. There's any number of life/health/safety situations where someone who expects a fully charged phone, only to find a dead one instead, could suffer serious consequences. I don't disagree with the function for those interested. I disagree with the default-on.