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[–] [email protected] 41 points 6 days ago

They've also known about this deadline for years and were always allowed to switch to USB-C at literally any time before then (like they did years ago with the iPad Pro and Macbook).

If any e-waste occurred, it is squarely because of Apple's utter pettiness.