2-Pack: Anker PowerPort PD Nano 20W High Speed USB-C Wall Chargers
- Approximately one-half of a complete charging solution. (But two of them, so…)
- The face of these chargers are about the size of a quarter, so they’re very tiny and pocketable
- If you need cord, we’ve got some Anker cords over on sidedeal
- Are they Mac-compatible: Well… sorta. Great for iPads and iPhones, but not Macbooks (This one isn’t very funny.)
The Free Market at Work?
Today’s deal seems to be called a “charger” but that’s some bullshit.
It’s not a charger. Want us to prove it?
Imagine some poor sucker frantically running around with a phone that’s about to die, jeopardizing the conference call that the boss thinks they’re taking from home but actually they’re on (sort of perpetual) vacation and dialing in from a quiet part of the hotel lobby before returning poolside.
“I need a charger,” they mouth in a theatrical stage whisper.
“Here you go,” you reply, handing over a useless charging block with no cord.
[Angry Dagger Eyes]
The prosecution rests.
This is not a charger. At best, it’s half a charger.
Because on its own, it’s a charging block. A power cube. An electrical nubbin, if you will.
Not a charger.
A socket sprocket, perhaps. A juice knuckle. Maybe an adapter, if you want to be old-school about it.
But definitely not a charger.
That said, we didn’t invent this bullshit dynamic, nor did the good people at Anker. This all started when penny-pinching phone manufacturers started selling phones that had cords but no blocks.
Naturally, third parties had to start making blocks with no cords. It’s called the free market. We didn’t invent it; we’re just living in it.
Except the bottom line is that whether your phone came with one of these or not, you’ve probably lost a bunch over the years and it’d definitely be nice to have two on hand for your various charging needs.
Bring your own cords, though, because such is modern life.
And if that hotel lobby conference call example hit a little close to home, be careful out there. We don’t want “digital nomad” to turn into a snarky Boomer synonym for “unemployed.”
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