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Yes it is. But there's also not one single Apple accessory you have to buy from Apple and can usually get it for a fraction of the price elsewhere, so it's really only ignorant people and dedicated fanboys who spend the money.
or people who just don’t need to care about saving $10 or $20
Yeah, but kind of fuck them for being that rich to not care.
Mate I can promise you that the people splurging $10 on a accessory cable aren't the rich people we need to be worried about. And let's not act like Android doesn't have its fair share of overpriced phones and cables in the market, either.
fuck people for not caring much about $10? i wouldn't even consider that being rich. do you consider everyone in the middle class as obscenely rich? the average person out of their teens and 20s can waste $10 without caring.
Not caring about spending $10 when you could spend $2 is being too rich to care. Over half of America lives paycheck-to-paycheck.
included in the group that lives paycheck-to-paycheck are plenty of people making six figures.
what you’re also ignoring is stuff like time cost. for a certain person, the time spent to find and research a reliable alternative at a lower price point might be worth more than $10 or $20.
I wouldn’t say a fraction 5-10% cheaper at Target or Best Buy from time to time.
Order it online. You can get it for a couple of bucks.
Do you mean an Anker or Amazon Basics version or an Apple. Session but sold by someone else? If the latter, it’s counterfeit if you’re getting it at a huge discount.
$6.55 - https://www.amazon.com/Compatible-Lightning-Adapter-Charging-Connector/dp/B091GTPTPZ/ref=sr_1_9?crid=C6SKFLNXIC6G&keywords=usb-c+to+lightning+adapter&qid=1694851431&sprefix=usb-c+to+ligh%2Caps%2C102&sr=8-9
Give the disclaimers and reviews those have a ton of limitations. The official dongle has a lot more going on. It’s extremely niche to need it in the first place.