Azryu

+1. Auto include it and forgo it for a discount if people really care that much. I'd rather not have the clutter and e-waste, personally.

Not it's not. With a PC, you might sell it with the power cord. With a cell phone, people trade them in or sell without the charger all the time. It's the year 2022, you don't need a new charger if the existing one is compatible and working fine.
 
IMHO what Apple should do is provide the total price of the phone and charger as a bundle, and then a reduced price sans the charger. Let the consumer decide.

i'd hardly call the GN thing "beef". if anything it's Steve doing news coverage on what's brewing in tech (and if you're a big youtube channel about tech.. you're happening in tech..) and reflecting on his own way of how he should cover youtube channel drama compared to corporate manufacturer drama.
 
Steve is the ultimate uncensored objective view on anything that happens around him. He makes a lot of good points in the two segments he made on the topic so far, but in my opinion the lesson to be learned here is simply this:
 
When shit hits the fan, more people should take a moment to think "Is my opinion on this matter correct?"

https://venturebeat.com/2019/02/01/apple-will-reportedly-store-russian-user-data-locally-possibly-decrypt-on-request/
 
"Laws in Russia have mandated since 2014 that Apple store Russian citizens’ user data within the country, but the company has apparently dodged the requirement — until now. According to a Foreign Policy report (via AppleInsider), Russia’s telecommunications and media agency Roskomnadzor has confirmed that Apple will comply with the local data storage law, which appears to have major implications for the company’s privacy initiatives."

that's an odd move considering Apple were fine batteling the FBI in the name of privacy...