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The EU has finally won this one! (feddit.de)
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[–] 58 points 3 years ago (16 children)

Fun fact: Apple was part of the group that designed USB-C

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  • [–] 30 points 3 years ago* (6 children)

    That was really weird, actually. Apple was frustrated that the USB consortium wasn’t making progress. So they developed Lightning. Then sent people there to help develop USB-C, when they already had a competing connector…

    They should’ve been more patient, and sent people there directly, before developing a competitor, and adopted USB-C from the start.

    With that move, they isolated themselves and their customers. It’s this arrogant “we’re smarter than anybody else” attitude they show sometimes, that irks a lot of people and end up being detrimental for their image. (And I say this as a long time Apple customer).

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  • [–] 25 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    Nah it was a great move, earned them a couple billions in licensing fees

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  • [–] 14 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    To the disadvantage of literally everyone

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  • [–] 27 points 3 years ago (8 children)

    Also why is it awesome on iPad Pros since years but no good on iPhones? The marketing was always contradicting itself.

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  • [–] 21 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    The reason is money.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago* (3 children)

    It’s more complicated than that. There are lots of people that will be very annoyed when they unbox their iPhone and their plug that they don’t think about at all doesn’t work in the 7 places they’ve left them.

    Just wait.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Those Apple cables die very quickly, so replacing them with longer lasting cables is actually cost effective.

    Sure, instead of 1 cable every 3 months it is 7 cables at the same time, but still no excuse.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    I think they did promise to (it suggest they would?) support the lightning connector for a decade when they changed it from their original big connector.

    I’m not naive enough to think that takes precedence over “money” as an answer, but maybe it was a factor?

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