I don’t buy it. I worked at an Apple Retail store for five years. The company never discloses announcements to retail employees beforehand. I also worked in Apple Corp. The company never discloses announcements to corp employees who haven’t signed an NDA beforehand.

Maybe there’re store managers who read the tea leaves and gave this recommendation. There’s no way it’s a company directive. I fucking guarantee it.

As always, the headline is misleading clickbait.

The article itself says that a charger (which was already gone last year) is no longer included and staff should show customers where to find them. They should also let them know that “USB-C means the new devices cannot be charged with existing Lightning chargers”.

Nothing newsworthy if you ask me.

the switch to USB-C means the new devices cannot be charged with existing Lightning chargers that they may already own.

Ok, makes sense. Although it was dumb of me I wondered if the phone would come with both ports.

Apple staff will be trained to caution that while a USB-C to USB-C cable is included in the box, a USB-C charger is not

Ugh really? Come on Apple, you’re switching to a new port. Just put the charger in with this one generation at least.