[yieldcrv]

was there a point you are making or just a natural language response?

your use case isn't the only use case, expanding the possible use cases in obvious ways expands what users would do, such as upgrading 10 year old technology. News at 11.

[unxdfa]

The point is that sure you can punch yourself in the balls, complain it hurts then call for the regulators to provide a mechanism for you to stop punching yourself in the balls.

Or you could just stop punching yourself in the balls i.e. use WiFi and FGS just pay $3 for some storage rather than coming up with a wobbly straw man.

My experience is fairly vast. I use iOS for music/video/photography (iPad Pro), and support 11 other iOS devices (excluding watches, homepods) across my family who range from biochemical engineers to students to children to retirees to software engineers. That use case NEVER comes up these days in my experience unless you're hurting yourself.

[yieldcrv]

this isn't a problem I have, it is a problem I know other people have. solved by faster transfer speeds than what Wifi or any airdrop combo offers. I am completely aware of how to avoid the problem, I am also completely aware of how to make it less of a problem with faster transfer speeds.

why are you worried about accessories? Apple absolutely is not worried about that, one of their favorite things to do is pull the rug under accessory holders.

[alexdbird]

> Apple absolutely is not worried about that, one of their favorite things to do is pull the rug under accessory holders.

This simply isn’t borne out by fact. The entire iPod, iPhone and iPad (non-Pro) range, going back over 20 years, have had exactly two connectors.

I bet there isn’t someone at Samsung or Motorola who can even tell you how many different connectors their products have used over that period of time, let alone what they were.