Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by reaperducer 2802 days ago
When the flea market charging pad that the Google phone is laying on goes up in flames, Jenny Cheapskate isn't going to know if it was the pad that burned down her home, or the phone.
2 comments

Your logic allows me to lock up all hardware in an Applesqe way and get praised for my altruism as I pocket hundreds of millions in extra peripheral sales.

The world has gotten this far with standards that allow equipment from different manufacturers to function together in a system. What a shame if marketing people and greed destroys that ecosystem.

Hundreds of millions from the sale of Pixel 3 Qi chargers seems wildly optimistic.
...now. How about in 5 years? Will we still be plugging the wires to our portable devices?
yes.
if you want fast charging, yes.
I certainly hope so.
That shit could still happen. They aren't preventing the chargers from working, just not working as well.