this post was submitted on 13 Sep 2023
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

If they co-developed it, why did it take the EU forcing them to switch to it?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because they wanted to stick with their lightning ecosystem for iPhone

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Read: they wanted to make money by being a huge pain in the dick

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

To a certain extent, yes

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Because you can make more money when you abuse your market position to sell overpriced cables.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Because when they switched from the 30 pin connector to lightning, everybody bitched and moaned about it. So they promised they’d keep lightning for a decade. It’s been 11 years.

But I’m sure if they’d broken their promise and switched earlier, everyone would have been understanding.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Literally yes. Obstinance is not a virtue.