• zigmus64@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It’s less about having one physical charger and more about having one charging cable standard so you’re not wanting for one cable when you mistakenly grabbed another…. You can have 50 charging cables and 50 bricks for all 50 of your devices if you’d like. The convenience comes with the fact that they all take the same connector. Standardization simplifies life and actually will make upgrading cheaper because you’re not locked into a proprietary standard.

    I can completely empathize with not wanting to update all of your chargers, but as someone who has recently gone through part of it, I’m 110% onboard with everything being unified like this.

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      1 year ago

      I like everything having their own tbh. Everything has its own charger in a specific spot. I don’t really find any convenience in having one connector. I genuinely would rather have individual connectors.

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        1 year ago

        I like being able to use my the same charger universally with my and my families:

        • Steam Deck
        • iPads
        • PlayStation 5 controllers
        • XBOX Series X Controllers
        • Laptops
        • Phone power banks
        • Magsafe Charger
        • Nintendo Switches
        • Beats Fit Pro
        • Samsung Galaxy Tabs

        I detest the:

        • Shitty USB 2.0 Lightning cable

        This is great stuff.

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          1 year ago

          Honestly I can say I have none of those things. My (brand new 2-3 years ago) iPad is still lightning.

          Lightning works great as a power delivery system. That’s all I need it for, and it does that as well as I need.