Thom, exceedingly pureJun 22, 2024

The EU enacted a new law a while ago that all bottle caps should remain attached to the bottle, to combat plastic trash.

All the bottle and packaging makers, from massive multinationals like Coca Cola and fucking Nestlé to small local producers invested in the development of new caps, changing their production lines, and shipping the new caps. Today, a month before the law goes into effect, it's basically impossible to find a bottle without an attached cap.

I don't know, I thought this story was weirdly relevant right now with Apple being a whiny bitch. Imagine being worse than Coca Cola and motherfucking Nestlé.

Show threadMarco L. GatoJun 22, 2024

@thomholwerda

What's Apple complaining about? I don't know the backstory

Show thread✨buff dog himbo✨Jun 22, 2024
@marcolgato @thomholwerda iirc, they're dragging their feet hard about having to give up on making a new proprietary cable every 2 years & instead make their phones use USB-C like everything else. This will cut down on waste bc people don't have to throw out cables every 1-2 years at best, as well as incentivizing manufacturers to create cables that might last years instead of weeks, which means less waste from throwing out crappy cables.
Show threadScott Crick
@itsmeholland @marcolgato @thomholwerda Please tell me when Apple ever made a new proprietary cable “every two years”.
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