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The switch to USB-C is good! Except for all the dongles you’ll need to get there.

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[–] Eggyhead@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What’s wrong with something like this?

[–] Virkkunen@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago

It isn't made by Apple, therefore it must be bad and probably will break your phone /s

There's really nothing wrong with it, it's just that Apple knows they can charge anything for the silliest things and a wave of mindless consumers will buy without thinking

[–] trachemys@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You probably won’t get full charging speed. An actual type-c cable gives higher watts than lightning.

[–] nathris@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have a $2 USB C cable I got off of Ali that I use to charge my laptop at 65W. It's rated for 100W but I have no way of testing it.

It's actually higher quality than any official apple cable I've used, although that's a pretty low bar.

[–] lud@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

That sounds a bit too good to be true.

[–] Eggyhead@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

You probably won’t get full charging speed.

Then why not just use a USB C cable?