[ldoughty]

My MacBook currently has 4 USB-C ports that I can pick to charge from.

My last Macbook had 5? different ports on it, two of which were older USB standards.

Nothing stops apple from ALSO having a proprietary connector, as long as USB-C is still an option to charge.

> Why don't we standardise payment protocols instead? Or biometric identity verification? Or ID cards even (that the UK is allergic to)?

None of these result in hundreds of thousands of tons of plastic and copper or other metals being put in a landfill or dumped in the sea because they were only useful for 3-5 models of a single businesses devices.

Apple is still free to make this e-waste, but now their devices must support charging on USB-C, which they are free to NOT make their own chargers for, as long as it's standard-compliant and supported