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by toast0 2838 days ago
They sort of tried to let FireWire be a standard, and it never caught on. So for lightning, they didn't bother. Sounds like the learned their lesson about making standards.

USB-C is kind of a big mess. Reversable connector is nice, but power is wonky, alternative nodes are wonky, everybody wants to add more alternative modes to the point where the only thing universal about it is the conbector (and usb 2 compatibility)
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inferiorhuman 2838 days ago
> They sort of tried to let FireWire be a standard, and it never caught on.

Firewire is a standard — IEEE 1394.

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vardump 2838 days ago
There are plenty of rumors of Apple moving to USB-C in 2019 models.
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toast0 2838 days ago
I'm reasonably sure they'll switch either to USB-C or something they find even better (which could very well be inductive charging only, no connector), but there were plenty of rumours about adopting all flavors of usb before they switched to lightning too.
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freehunter 2838 days ago
There were plenty of rumors of Apple moving to USB-C for the 2018 models too, and zero excuses for them not to.
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reaperducer 2838 days ago
And dozens of rumors for the last 10 months from supposed financial authorities that the iPhone X was dead.

I've given up on Apple rumors. Especially anything from a business web site. Nothing is good since the death of Think Secret.

If it's not on Apple's web site, it didn't happen and isn't going to happen.

Heck, even then Apple has its own vaporware.

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