I think I might feel like a real klutz with a Samsung, unless I had a very good and dedicated teacher willing to spend a whole lot of time teaching me how to drive the thing.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Wendy Lin Sent: Friday, April 16, 2021 11:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Apple getting cheap Lol I don’t know how I’d feel switching over to Samsung myself since I’ve been an Apple user for many years. > On Apr 16, 2021, at 3:24 AM, James English <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Simon, > > The things that you've mentioned are not things I think about, because > for the most part (pandemic, climate change, gun crime) I couldn't > care less about them. I care about things that'll affect me, and > having to pay extra money is one of those things. > > On 4/16/21, Simon A Fogarty <[email protected]> wrote: >> Good points, there, >> >> Yeah if people are really unhappy about apple dropping the power >> brick, >> >> Go buy a Samsung, >> >> Oh that's right they 'are dropping the charging bricks form their >> phones also. >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf >> Of Cristobal Muñoz >> Sent: Friday, 16 April 2021 3:19 pm >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: RE: Apple getting cheap >> >> Again, I think folks are missing the point. No one's not going to not >> buy an iPhone over a now no longer included wall charger. >> It's that Apple's removed this accessory under the guise (and with >> likely >> merit) of environmentalism when really, it's a way to cut down on >> cost from manufacturing, sourcing materials to shipping (in those >> quantities, the difference adds up quickly) and is still charging the >> same price. It's not like they're getting out of the wall charger >> business. I mean, you can still buy one from them. It's just another >> way for them to nibble around the edges, get some good press and keep >> the same price. It comes off as chincy from a brand that holds itself >> up as a luxury and consumer friendly company . >> But no... people would rather carry on like a scold while again, >> missing the actual point. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf >> Of Maria Campbell >> Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2021 6:16 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Apple getting cheap >> >> Stuff it! >> >> >> Maria Campbell >> [email protected] >> >> All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing. >> --Edmund Burke >> >> On 4/15/2021 7:59 PM, Simon A Fogarty wrote: >>> Yeah cheap, >>> >>> So I'm guessing people didn't listen to tim cook when he said they >>> were getting rid of the power bricks in the boxes for the devices, >>> >>> It's not about being cheap, >>> It's more to do with apple trying to get back in to the eco friendly >>> world and save the planet from excess plastic that we don't need to >>> clutter our lives with, >>> >>> Plus the fact that majority of the people around the planet who have >>> had or have apple mobile devices already have a couple of charging >>> bricks lying around and therefore those will still do the job they >>> were made for, >>> >>> So if you have one already, >>> Why complain about them being left out of the box for a phone or >>> iPad, >>> >>> I really love how these serious first world problems bug you guys so >>> much, >>> >>> Imagine if we had real problems around the planet like a pendemic >>> virus and millions dying, >>> >>> But you guys get upset because apple leave a $20 peace of plastic >>> shit out of a box. >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf >>> Of lenron brown >>> Sent: Friday, 16 April 2021 7:18 am >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: Apple getting cheap >>> >>> I say screw them it's just another way for them to be cheap. Can't >>> for get the fact that it's a ploy to get you to buy extra chargers, >>> and airpods when they dropped the headphone jacks, and of course >>> them not putting them in the box. >>> >>> On 4/15/21, Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Apparently others are following an apples lead. I believe I saw >>>> where Samsung is dropping the chargers as well. It was either them >>>> or Google with their pixels. Maybe they are being cheap. But we >>>> just don’t need all this extra crap going out into the environment. >>>> I have an iPad charger from a really old iPad mini that still works >>>> just fine. And of course I have a couple of iPhone chargers and a >>>> USB see power block which I think cost me all of eight bucks. It >>>> didn’t exactly break the bank. >>>> >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>>> On Apr 15, 2021, at 10:54 AM, Cristóbal Muñoz >>>>> <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I mean... I do believe it's a good thing that more plastic and >>>>> accessories like that aren't being put out into the world, but I >>>>> also definitely think that Apple's being cheap. More like a >>>>> convenient and specious excuse for them to remove an item and cut >>>>> the cost of production and logistics and still charge the same >>>>> under the cover of being environmentally conscious. >>>>> Either way though, it's not like not having the charger included >>>>> is going to be a make or break decision for anyone who was >>>>> thinking of buying an iPhone. Just more nickel and diming from Apple. >>>>> Cristóbal >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On >>>>> Behalf Of Richard Turner >>>>> Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2021 10:34 AM >>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>> Subject: RE: Apple getting cheap >>>>> >>>>> Apple says it is for the environment because most people have all >>>>> the chargers they need and more. >>>>> That is certainly true in our household. >>>>> I happen to agree with Apple in this case. >>>>> We have enough (Expletive deleted) stuff in the landfills and >>>>> ocean now to last many life times. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Richard >>>>> "The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for >>>>> it, but what they become by it." >>>>> - John Ruskin, 1819-1900 >>>>> >>>>> Web site: www.turner42.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On >>>>> Behalf Of Mich Verrier >>>>> Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2021 10:30 AM >>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>> Subject: RE: Apple getting cheapq >>>>> >>>>> From what I herd apple is not shipping any of there phones with >>>>> chargers since they want you to buy them seppritley since you have >>>>> to remember that apple's main thing is to make money. O shure >>>>> apple has dun good for the blind and vi comunidey with voice over >>>>> and stuff how ever you have to remember that the mane objective >>>>> for apple is to make more money. From Mich. >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On >>>>> Behalf Of Maria Campbell >>>>> Sent: April 15, 2021 1:27 PM >>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>> Subject: Apple getting cheapq >>>>> >>>>> My SE2020 didn't even come with a C charger. How cheap is that >>>>> considering it's so proprietary? 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