You should charge every device with just one cable (and adapter, to reduce e-waste). That's the whole idea. Why should you include the cable then?
And you are not forced to buy that Apple cable, are you? You can use ANY usb-c cable.
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Greg Joswiak: Apple Will Have to Comply With the EU and Switch iPhone to USB-C
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And you are not forced to buy that Apple cable, are you? You can use ANY usb-c cable.
The law specifically states that the connector can evolve. It’s crazy how much coverage this issue had and we still have questions like this. Do people ever read the legislation???
They’re a company worth trillions. I don’t feel sorry for them and they don’t even bother improving lightning. USB-C it is.
I predict that the iPhone 15 Pros will have faster USB-C, possibly TB4, than the regular 15s. Kind of like the iPad Pro and iPad Air have different USB-C capabilities. It will be an extra feature to up sell to the Pros.
So this is the real reason why they gave the new iPad Apple Pencil 1st gen with dumb dongle…spite!
“We’ll never let lightning accessories die on any of our product lines despite regulations!”
“We’ll never let lightning accessories die on any of our product lines despite regulations!”
This is why I laugh when people say they’re excited about this change because it means they only need to take one cable to travel. I’m still bringing a cable and plug per device I travel with. USB-C being on two of the three devices I travel with didn’t change that. I’m still bringing three cables and plugs.
At least the new regulations will prevent the possibilities of plugging a Lightning connector in a USB-C port.
Why don't you step back into the Way-back machine to 1992, and see if the data and energy bandwidth of those connectors are sufficient for people today.
I think apple made the EU do this so they wouldn’t get push back from customers this time when they change to usb-c. The majority of people will complain when they change to usb-c like they did when they changed to lightning. I bet apple wanted to do this years ago.
And which company will bother to invest money in a new connector technology with the hope that the EU will accept it?
I understand the frustration with multiple standards and cables. But it might have been smarter for the EU to bake in an end date to this requirement - say 7 years into the future. That would provide companies with an incentive to continue developing better technologies with the prospect of actually being able to sell them in the future.
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How could anyone think that adding more and more government regulation, will do anything other than stifle innovation?
The reality is that no one has an incentive to come up with a better standard. Look at the mess that USB-C data and charging “standards” has become.
LOL at 'not buy cheap cables'
Because 'cheap' cables wear out the female connector on the MacBook side? That's a new one for me. I have more $50 Thunderbolt 3/4 cables than I can count. Nothing to do with price my man.OH RLY?
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I still think they'll have the 'courage' to remove the port altogether and have MagSafe charging only.
Oh sure!
You are lucky that haven't broken the lighting port. I have seen so many broken lighting ports pads and phones since the iPhone 5 (the first to have a lighting connector, I believe 2013). I carry a MagSafe charger and power bank made by apple. hence I don't need a lighting cable anymore.
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Depending on how you interpret the 'law', it may have to be the iPhone 15, as Apple usually likes to keep the older-gen in the line up for several years.
I had it with cables since the MagSafe charging is good why bother with cables?
MagSafe is a bit slower than charging by lightning, and the cable is a bit bulkier. But if it works for you, great!
It clearly is about new products launching and not previous devices so they could’ve waited til 2024.
What did they find out was possible with USB-C that was not possible with lightning with the correct dongle or cable?
Lightning did the same thing as USB-C currently does, but a whole lot more than micro USB while being a smaller form factor and more robust (at the time).
IMHO Ecosystem is why they haven't done it till now - anyone that has bought a third party lighting specific iDevice would be really pissed at Apple if they didn't get at least a couple of years out of it.
No, but it might mean we're stuck with USB-IF forever. Which, on balance, is probably the best reasonable outcome. USB-IF as an organization, and the standards they put out, have many flaws. But it's the most widely adopted, has the most members, and is still relatively open. Balancing that with the desire for standardization, I'm not sure we could have done better.
Remember that USB-C is just a physical plug. Many different protocols and interfaces can use the USB-C connector, and many of these protocols and interfaces require specialized cabling. This new law doesn't hinder whatever protocols, interfaces, or cabling that comes next - as long as they continue to use the USB-C connector.
And if there does come a time when the USB-C physical plug itself is the limiting factor, I am sure USB-IF will come up with a backwards compatible next plug while at the same time pushing the EU to update their regulations.