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Originally Posted by Phogg
It's not as if Apple products have ever been environmentally friendly.
This move is a surprise how?
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On the contrary actually. Apple has been doing great strides for almost 10 years now to become more environmentally friendly, and Apple under Tim Cook is one of the leading tech companies world wide in this aspect.
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Originally Posted by Conan46
I had not really thought about this aspect of the rumor of Apple dropping the 3.5 headphone jack. But this move likely would add more tech to landfills as everyone wants the 'latest and greatest'.
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Given how many people use the headphones that come with the iPhone, which will now likely switch to Lightning, it won't really change for the majority of people. On top of that, more and more people use Bluetooth headphones anyway. And it is not like peoples other electrical appliances with head phones ports suddenly disappear anyway. So I think the amount of waste won't change much.