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What if the richer person didn’t realize this and gives the poor person the iPhone without a charger? The rich person has left. They cannot buy the wall charger any more.

Not everyone has extra money. In the US, it’s easy to get an iPhone for “free” that locks you in 2-3 years of credits. A person can be in debt and paycheck to paycheck and get an iPhone.

Apple isn’t doing anything for the environment. They are doing what makes them the most money. We should be on the side of the common person who is like us, regardless of how poor they are or if they got an iPhone they can not afford. There’s no reason to be on Apple’s side.



So rich people are buying poor people an iPhone - where the poor person still has to pay their own cell phone bill. But the poor person can’t buy a cheap third party usb c wall charger?

And if Apple is forced to include a wall charger, what’s stopping them from just charging extra for the phone?

You really don’t think this argument is a little incredulous?

Seeing that 90% of the world even in third world countries have some type of phone, you’re telling me that the person who got the free iPhone in the most expensive country in the world to buy a phone won’t find a way to buy a charger when if they hadn’t gotten the phone for free they would have bought an Android phone - that costs more than the charger?


Why make life harder for the poor person? To appease Apple’s profit line? I don’t understand the defense of huge corporation vs someone closer to you.

They could raise the price. They probably wouldn’t do. Those would be the wierdest price points. Apple isn’t gonna charge $10 more per iPhone and have weird first time prices. Like $810 instead of $799

My example isn’t even a stretch. It’s a legit issue that happens. I have multiple examples of it. I don’t want to assume but maybe you’re in some sort of bubble?




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