'Newer' charger provides twice the power of the 'old' charger. See the 'new' phone has a faster charge rate if connected to the 'new' more powerful charger. 15 years? You simply are new here.

I only have a phone and a tablet (well the very old tablet isn't used anymore and I see no need to have a new one).

my phones have gone from USB-A to mini-USB, then to micro-USB, then USB-C, as I said you are new here at only 15 years. USB-C may well go 30 years, but it very may well not. Even if we go all wireless charging, we will have the inevitable case where the new phone will charge faster when used with a new charging plate that provides more power... It's just progress.

Just give it time.

When your front door can be accessed from a side street that no one knows the address of, it's semi-secure.

But when your front door is accessed by anyone with a computer half a world away, there will be aggressive knocking... All day every day.

And Consumist scum have landed us in this mess.

So you are advocating mail fraud - a federal offense. Good luck with that.

They don't really deserve insurance for using everyone's data without permission, at least not at normal rates. Corporations are still allowed to go bankrupt last time I checked.

That bubble is gonna be loud when it goes, with a lot of shareholders in tears.

Corporations do it all the time, and it's 10 percent over years with milestone requirements to receive those warrants - not only purchase requirements but also stock price minimum requirements, the last tranche of warrants requires an AMD $600 trading price to activate.

Apparently it is better to directly shoot photons at the viewer instead of screening them out to change the brightness. CRTs had that right.

I guess most don't care, but I still use the official cable and wall wart that comes with every phone. I also keep my phones at least four years, usually six. By then it's time for a new charger anyway, and the cable standard has probably changed again or the charger needs to supply more power.

A new device should have a new cable. I guess if it supports wireless charging they can marketsplain there choice for greed away.

For a time they had actually stopped stupid stunts like doorbells or crying babies at the beginning of commercials. Didn't last long.

A few years ago commercials discovered they can thump the subwoofer channel and apparently regulators didn't notice.

Fuck commercials. Growing up in the 80s I hate paying to watch things but I hate commercials more.

Sure maybe for an infomercial. Who would willingly watch a 'commercial' that is 8 minutes long?

If you shop online and that dumb 'need help chat bubble' pops up they probably consider that 'use'. So far they still have that button to hide it, one day that will be the only interaction to search for products making you an unwilling victim of AI.

It's easy to lose track or simply not even care when it's just a number on a screen backed by debt.

I agree about the cash advantage for keeping within budget - when the wallet is empty you ran out of budget. Part of the reason why all the big money people are pushing for a cashless society.

That comes in the form of a cord and is more efficient.

Because it sure doesn't look like it. Are parents even bothering to teach their children or are the parents also too busy failing at their own simple budgeting technique?

I guess when it's someone else's money, it doesn't matter if you spend a little bit more since you can't pay it back anyway.

Value of money:

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