• flicker@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        4 days ago

        This is why my couch has two of those wireless charging spots on a fold-out middle console. It already has power because it’s got two recliners built in, adding charging spots isn’t very difficult.

    • sowitzer@lemm.ee
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      4 days ago

      It baffles you that somebody might want to sit on the couch and charge their phone or pad or laptop?

      Furniture can cover outlets making them less accessible. You then don’t need a 10’ cord to reach an outlet if it’s built in. It’s also in the same spot and easy to find the cord and port.

      My headboard was cheap and came with an usb. It plugs into the outlet hidden by the bed. I now have a charging cord where I need it. Some of it is useful, some not so much.

      It won’t always be done if people don’t want it. In the 80’s everything came with a clock. The old joke about the vcr flashing 12:00 is pretty accurate. Now many things don’t come with clocks in them. Heck last time I bought a Blu-ray player a decade or so ago, there was zero lights on it. Couldn’t tell if it was on or not. I hadn’t used it in months and switched over to that port on the tv and the movie start screen had been running the whole time. lol.