You know how every home seems to have a junk drawer?
Every home also seems to have a box or container full of cables. Charging cables, adaptor plugs, connection cables. For cameras, headphones, toothbrushes, computers, phones, televisions, printers, powerbanks, games. No one seems to know what they belong to and they don’t have the energy to sort through the knots to find what they are looking for, so they often just buy a new one.
I have often thought how easy it would be if every phone and computer used the same cables – one cable to rule them all, so to speak. It would be cheaper, easier and there would be less e-waster. I suppose companies make a lot of their money selling chargers for their particular devices.
I thought the broad introduction of USB-C to USB-C cables would reduce e-waste and frustration. Many of my and my husband’s devices used the same cables so when we were travelling we could share. I was so happy that I could use the same cables for different devices. I have one in the bedroom and one in the living room. My husband also carries a spare charger in his work bag, though I don’t.
Alas, for some reason, Apple’s new computers have gone back to the Magsafe-3 magnetic plug. I suppose it was requested. Maybe for safety reasons – it pulls away if you trip over it. It does still have usb-c ports so I guess you could use the usb-c to charge, though I am hesitant to try that.
I found a post on all the different connectors that MacBooks have had, I recognised almost all of them!