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It’s not Go Green, it’s Go Greed.

Buying a new phone in 2015: Oh boy, I wonder what features will be added! Buying a new phone in 2021: Oh boy, I wonder what features will be removed!

I didn’t even know that companies were saying they didn’t include the charger in order to be green I always assumed that it was because of the obvious… they wanted more money from you after selling you their phone for $2000.

This deserves to get viral, probably THE most showoff way of debating the dumb "no charger" move. Subbed for that one ! Great job !

If sustainability was really the priority then they’d support right to repair.

These companies indeed went 100% green... the colour of dollars.

The saddest part is that most people will not even notice or complain about it

'Better materials' doesn't rhyme with 'planned obsoletion'. The mere fact that Apple, Samsung and the other vendors have managed to prevent legislation that aims to limit this is beyond depressing. The ridiculous amounts of metals and minerals that needed to provide consumers with new phones every 2-4 years, just because a screen cracks, a conductor fails or simply that the OS version is no longer supported and cant' be upgraded is unheard of.

Spoiler: greed

The REAL reason you don’t get a charger anymore : MORE MONEY......that's it!

DPD have started telling customers to get their deliveries dropped at their nearest store… that saves fuel because we don’t have to come to your house. But then the customer has to drive to and from the store. And DPD also don’t mention that 50% of their HGV trailers are completely empty at any given time, and that they also send HGV trucks without a trailer at all, on a 600 mile round trip for no reason due to logistics screwups that happen all the time.

I am more concern of the latest. "You do not get to change your own battery" trend. Is like all companies motto became: "You will own nothing and be happy."

When they said "we're going green" they didn't mean this green ♻️ they meant this green 💸

"Save the planet" is now a slogan to boost monetary gains.

They did it for one reason - they want you to pay for a new one. It's like heated seats in cars becoming a subscription item rather than an included for the life of the car item.

You're completely right with the big picture, but the only reason they went for phones without chargers and called that move "green", is because with the now flatter box designs, they can load WAY more phones (around 40% if I recall) inside the planes, thus needing less planes to carry the phones around. Not saying this is a valid reason, just that this is the one they used as an excuse.

The most eco friendly thing you can do is to keep using your current phone as long as you can .

Ok, if this video presented in court, Smartphone companies gonna lose case :P

I switched to Apple a little over a year ago and it definitely would have been nice to at least have the option of getting a charger in the box with it!

I always had uses for my old chargers, infact I am constantly finding myself running out of USB chargers and have to buy more. As you said with my current S22 all my old chargers were not compatible as this phone uses USB C to USB C charging cables, where as all my old ones are USB C to USB A. Nor did they have the higher charging rates needed for features like fast charge. Which just resulted in me to pay $30aud for a charger that before would have just come with the god damn phone before, which is why I think companies jumped onto this trend so quickly, it has nothing to do with the environment, rather now they can upcharge you for something that would have just been included in the first place. I'd also recommend people keep their old phones if they are still in good workable condition, they come in useful for many thing. Mainly because phone insurance is a scam and if your phone dies good luck getting a replacement in a timely or costly manner.

When all these companies said that they're going green, they meant that thier pockets will be full of green.

You're forgetting the price of the phone remains the same but they sell you less. So they make more profit.

Another purchase option: “Would you like a charger/headphone?” at purchase time would be a wonderful step. The dead space in the box when one says “no” is a lot less than than the third party packaging options you went over.

ahh this still holds up today even more so accurate today. in the past two years whenever a buy a cheap or pricy phone they almost always dont have cases amd chargers and I usually have to either order a charger and a case for the phone plus screen protectors. I only recently did not have to do this when I gave huawei a try again after a couple of years, they STILL have the fat boxes that come with chargers and a free case and I think that's very great, saved me the hassle of ordering a case and specific charger for the phone. I wish more companies did that lol but theyre too much of hypocrites to actually do that shit.

The only thing "going green" are these companies' profit margins.

The only "green" they want is dollar bills.

A well done video.. informative, educative, and entertaining. Kudos

Our local logistics suppliers have sealable plastic bags, where you just have to bubble wrap your product, put it in the bag and seal it. Because it's a fully pliable bag, a lot of such bags could be packed into a small space, and each bag will tightly fit around the product it contains, taking up as little space as possible. This seems better than using hard cardboard boxes that take up much more space. I wonder why Amazon doesn't try this.

Finally. Someone reputable with a big enough voice talking about this.

Let's be honest to ourselves here, the only "green" that these companies actually care about are the dollar signs

Very subtle with the charger promo in the end!

New wall outlets and power boards often include a USB type A socket which require only a cable with a USB A plug on one end and a USB B micro , USB C or Lightning plug on the other not a charger. Power outlets with both USB A and USB C sockets are starting to appear.

“The planet is fine. The people are fucked.” ― George Carlin

Earlier: no earphones Now: no charger Future: no phone just the box

Good points and I emphasize the change to USB C. I had to buy a new charger and ear phones.

watching this 3 years in the future can confirm the phone cases have vanished

Finally someone who speaks up about this atrocity

They won't give you one but you can be sure they'll sell you one.

2100: Phones come without boxes and no charger only a phone with a plastic cover💀

The point of the outer packaging from Amazon is quite important. Often they use boxes that are much larger than the product. I purchased wiper blades for my car. As is common now days, the driver side and passenger side were of different lengths and had to be purchased separately. Each arrived separately (about a week apart) in huge boxes that could have fit 20 blades each.

Companies going g r e e n 💵

Companies don't care about environment, it's about making money. As simple as that.

Love my Oppo which came with a 100 watt charger, usb c cable, phone case and screen protector already applied to the phone

IMO what is even worse is getting rid of headphones and the headphone jack. I live in a colder climate and the last thing you want is to destroy your battery life by listening to music in the cold winter. Also if you lose your charger then good luck not being able to charge your headphones and you also have input lag when playing games. There was 0 benefit to the consumer losing the headphone jack, only negatives.

The going green tagline is killing 3 birds with one stone... 1) Get Paid the same for no charger 2) Sell extra charger 3) Place yourself as eco conscious.

"We want to go green!" while wanting to convince their users that they need to buy a new smartphone every single year. Interesting...

And one point: My old iPhone X has a charging cable with USB-A to plug it in the standard 11W Apple charger. Newer iPhones have a USB-C cable included, so I need a new USB-C charger/cable (Apple, Anker etc.), and using a addapter USB-A to USB-C is no option for me. And next iPhones will have (I assume) USB-C only (in EU) (cable and port on iPhone). So, the old Lightning cable is needless after switching to the upcoming iPhone generations.

One more thing - magnets drain batteries!!!

I'm so glad a big influencer like yourself is calling out the big companies for their bullcrap

Apple says it wants to be environmently friendly but still makes it as hard as possible to reapair any of their devices.

This is also something that bothered me a lot. I don't switch or buy phones a lot, basically only when I need to when it's broken, but I also kinda refuse to buy the newer ones because I'm a bit picky when it comes to phones. Not because of brands or something but the specific things they take away. I don't want to buy a phone and have to switch everything up because I could use everything I bought before with my phone, so I don't want to buy a new charger, headphones and so on. I'm a person that can't sleep when it's to quite, so I watch a couple videos before it knocks me out. Although it's not the best, I know, I also do that while having one wired earphone in, which helps when I fall asleep, because the other side is heavy enough to pull it out of my ear and away from me that I don't roll on it the whole night and dig it into me, which I wouldn't be able to do with a wireless one, I tried that before. But while on this topic, I'm also not a fan of them taking out the headphone jack in general. Wired headphones are still more reliable than wireless ones and if you forgot to charge them or you didn't notice them running out of juice, you're shit out of luck. Plus, if you find a pair that sounds good to you, but they are wired, you're also shit out of luck because if you buy a new phone you can't use the damn things anymore. Of course, you also have the points that you are making in the video, of having to get packages 3 times the size for something that could've been in the phone package in the first place. It's not them going green, because for the sake of the environment, it's them saving money so you have to spend more to buy their new charger and ridiculously high priced ear buds, because yours are not compatible anymore. As fun as having a new phone is, I dread the day my A70 dies, because of this. And I know I can still use my old charger, but that's not the point. The point is, that they loopholed necessary items for your phone, that should be included to use it properly, to shove it back in our faces, having to spend more money, so they can pretend that did something good for the environment, while actually making you the a**hole now, because you have to order those things, instead of them including them.

When I got my phone, I had a cable and plenty of charging options. I was never going to use ear buts, but I can, as I already have those too. And I was always going to buy a special protective case that is different from the one it might have come with. What bugs me is that when I complained to Samsung that the battery wasn't lasting long enough, the rep said the charger I was using wasn't fast enough. Which is completely irrational. That's not how batteries work and a massive cop out because they didn't give me the charger they said I should be using. I'm just waiting for the class action.

I’m still paying “charger in the box” prices though…

2079: *opens box* WHERE'S MY PHONE!? Samsung: just being eco friendly.

Answer is greed, they know that someone who is stupid enough to pay over 1000 for a phone won't mind buying a charger separate. The cheap budget phones usually all come with a cable and a charger.

5:48 "A lot of companies are going to stop even including free cases" iPhone users: "Free what now?!"

“It’s part of my green initiative, And by green I mean money.” -Dwight

Hate him or love him He's spitting straight facts. Edit: OwO so many likes thank you guys!

The reason is not the cost of packaging as it is so low. The real reason is most phone manufactures ship phones by cargo plane now which is massively more costly than ship, but much faster, and having a smaller phone box allows them to fit a whole lot more on a plane.

They do it to make profit. They now supply no charger but sell a phone for the same or higher cost. Extra profit. They also have no headphone jack ports. So now only options are wireless. Wireless are more expensive. So even more profit lol.

Apple be like: "I'm vegetarian but i do BBQ on Sundays..." 😉

When Apple said "we're going green", they actually meant they were going for more green.💸💰

The lack of a charger with my new Samsung phone this year really irritated me. No matter which USB I plugged into I could not get fast charging. It was taking almost 24 hours just to get 80% charge in the phone. So I ordered a charger off Ebay and now I get the fast charging and the phone will charge from 10% to 100% in less than 2 hours. I sometimes wonders if these manufacturers even have any brains left in their R&D departments.

Interesting video I have that exact same Rubik's Cube that he briefly showed in the video plus all bricks for phone charging cables are compatible with any other cable it is not a specific brick that would only fit for a phone cable

This video is the best representation of everything a logical human brain would think after the companies remove chargers

The final iPhone will just be the blueprint. And you will have to buy every part and make it yourself

I don't wirelessly charge any of my phones (only my watch for obvious reasons), but I LOVE the magsafe because of how easy it is to mount my phone to things or add accessories. So convenient.

It's a two-pronged approach. "Hey, we can be cheap bastards, and our customers will thank us for being green"

"they might even stop giving people FREE CASES" me, whos never recieved a free case in my life: 👁👄👁

If they really wanted to be green, they would give you two options - one packed with what you need at one price, and other with only the phone at a chaper price

Bro comes with a suggested solution when identifying a problem. Ladies and gents, this is a man to be respected. 👏🏼

If they’re really green then they should make they’re batteries replaceable and phones repairable.

I'll protect the environment by not buying these products at all

Don't forget the fact that Apple didn't just remove the charger and earphones, they also didn't adjust the prices of all the older products that used to come with them, both increasing the profit margins on those products and getting users to purchase them separately for a higher price.

Recently, I got scammed by my Phone Company into getting a new Phone(Lucky still have the old one). I was not amused when opening the Box with all the Missing stuff that I was not informed of. Wanted to return it, but they said no, so the "new Phone" sits somewhere if I didn't throw it away. (can't find it)

My opinion on the cell: equipment that forever makes noise for the owner to pick up and be bothered. LOL

if the point is " you have your old charger" then i would rather continue using my old phone than buying the new one

It was so funny when Apple was like "we're saving the environment by not giving you a charger" and then they went on to promote "wireless" charging. Wireless charging is known for it's HUGE waste of electricity

I use charger that i got with my first smartphone in 2012. It does some clicking sounds sometimes when no devices plugged in, but it does not affect it efficiency. 500 mA is enough for me, time is not a problem for me and battery lives longer. Sony doing things in terms of hardware quality.

Almost everyone already has 2 or 3 or 4 chargers. In my house I have 3 4 port chargers and a random selection of single port chargers that came with other phones. When I need a new charger I'll buy one of Amazon.

Companies: We are doing this for the planet Arun: Well... no!

I’m starting to imagine that companies will just stop selling the phone all together and just sell a voucher that says you own an phone... and sell it as 1,000 dollars.

True once again Aaron. Keep up the great work you are doing. No wonder you have so many subscribers! 😉

This was sales for me when they started removing the chargers. $850 for a phone? No problem. $830 for the phone and $20 for the newer charger, nah just the phone please.... JUST CHARGE $20 MORE AND INCLUDE THE DAMN CHARGER

SAMSUNGS MOM: *IF APPLE JUMPS OFF A CLIFF WOULD YOU TOO?* SAMSUNG: *yEeSSSs*

Selling phone without charger is like selling a pair of shoes without lace.

I think it is logistics, they can use same packages everywhere instead of making half a dozen different boxes with different chargers.

If any company was honest in this position, they would have put large 100W chargers with a 50W phone so that you can use it in the future and with more than one device at the same time, and not remove it from the box.

Apple: we want to go green. Consumer: what kind of green? Apple: dollar green. Consumer: word!

We all know it's a "Let's make more money", not "Let's save the planet" strategy

You may have a legal case against companys that are selling unusable products.

Thanks for highlighting. There’s a lot of this going on - companies caring far more about appearing to care about the environment than actually caring for the environment. “We’re switching to an entirely electric bus fleet”. Oh, so you’re prematurely retiring your entire diesel bus fleet and generating demand for new, resource intensive buses? Riiiight.

almost any time a company says "we're doing this for the environment" what they really mean is "we're doing this for our wallet" like when all the shops said "no more plastic bags. for the environment" and in the same week run a promotion where you can collect tiny plastic toys

It's not about the environment, that's just a feel-good corporate talking point. The companies are simply trying to cut production costs so they can increase their profit margin.

That Amazon box though! Classic.

Aside from a mountain of packaging I cannot reuse(little plastic pillows) no one ever talks about the "helpful" screen notification telling me "use this phone's original charger and cable for faster charging." The ones they didn't include.👍

"companies want to be green" Yeah, dollar green 💵

Phone companies in 2050: We want to eliminate child labor so we sell parts seperately so you will have to build your phone and we will charge to build it for you.

My new motorola g pure came with the charge lead and charger brick.But I still had to get a protector case.