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by misnome 1132 days ago
Which cable should they have used instead?
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ThatPlayer 1132 days ago
They shouldn't have made it proprietary. Lightning could've been the USB-C instead of what we got.
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blokey 1132 days ago
You do realize that Apple designed the connector for USB-C and donated it to the consortium.
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ThatPlayer 1132 days ago
So why not do that with Lightning too? It's still proprietary to this day.
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CrimsonRain 1132 days ago
I've read rumors that they actually did that first but due to politics, the USB consortium decided to use a new physical port design.
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sbuk 1132 days ago
Well blame the consortium members that rejected it over Micro USB!
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Moldoteck 1132 days ago
Switch to usb-c just like they did with ipads? And laptops?
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robertoandred 1132 days ago
There was no USB-C in 2012.
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Moldoteck 1132 days ago
Yes, but now it's 2023, 11 years seems enough to switch from an old usb2.0 port
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robertoandred 1132 days ago
It wasn't enough time to switch from the Dock connector to Lightning.
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