[terhechte]

What I find comical is that the same people praising this on various networks are often the same that hate on cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin or AI because of the energy usage.

Apple has 1bio devices out there, if each of them consumes 10% more energy due to this change, that's a massive energy consumption increase - and this change offers no functional benefit at all.

[furyofantares]

This doesn't check out. Bitcoin uses 100-150 TWh per year. Charging 1 billion phones 365 times uses 3-4 TWh, so a 10% change here would be .3-.4 TWh.

The idea that this change would consume 10% more energy seems completely unrealistic too.

[crinkly]

I’d just like to state my hatred of all those things is logically consistent on that basis.

[filoeleven]

Big if.