It's sad actually as Lightning is just objectively a better physical connector. Sad that Apple had to rest on their laurels and let it stagnate.
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Greg Joswiak: Apple Will Have to Comply With the EU and Switch iPhone to USB-C
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Anyone on earth can email Tim Cook whenever they want.
Yeah, that's a problem with every connector and cable. You get what you pay for, and I'm not going to plug a housand dollar device into a $2 cable and $5 charger.
LOL, you actually believe this? Perhaps you'd be better off if Apple made one proprietary cable for every device they sold?
I wish apple would abandon them, and wish that rhe USD SOARS. Screwing EU in every way possible, people will have to pay extraordinary pricing to import them in a black market
I’d laugh so hard
Merica the best. Heard it here
It's now been 10 years like Phil said for lightning to last. It was a successful conversion, time to move on.
Sorry but this is nonsens. USB-C is a good connector and it does already support upcoming USB4 and Thunderbolt4 specs. On the other hand it takes Apple at least 5 years to fix anything, like their butterfly keyboards.
USB-C specs are available since 2014 and are still good for another 10 years. If there is a new and better standard, industry and the EU will move on.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/202...4-goes-where-no-usb-standard-has-gone-before/
I have USB-C on literally 30 different devices in my household, possibly 50. Yet I fail to see the fascination and joy that people seem to get from Apple being forced to make this change.
I can tell you about at least 5 different devices I own that no longer charge/function correctly due to the way the USB-C female port wears after repeated connections. And it's the female or device-side port that wears, which means buying an entire new device or an expensive repair is needed.
I've owned literally every iPhone and virtually all iPads ever made with Lightning. How many of those have have female connections that have worn out over the past 10 years? Zero. Because Lightning is a more robust physical connector.
I can tell you about at least 5 different devices I own that no longer charge/function correctly due to the way the USB-C female port wears after repeated connections. And it's the female or device-side port that wears, which means buying an entire new device or an expensive repair is needed.
I've owned literally every iPhone and virtually all iPads ever made with Lightning. How many of those have have female connections that have worn out over the past 10 years? Zero. Because Lightning is a more robust physical connector.
THANK YOU for this reply.......Even tho I don't like lighting cables.
I do not see people changing to android.
----------------- people seem to think in a Utopia world there should be only one cord. but really it is not. Nobody forcing you to use apple products? If you don't like it go android!
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Just not Mr. Tim Cook. There were well over 6 other high-level Apple Execs included. I’m sure they got my message. Fingers are crossed!
Now if they can just get the usb naming and branding right!
I don't think the backlash will be quite as severe as the 30-Pin > Lightning transition.
Most audio/video/data transfer happens via various wireless protocols now days as compared to 2011. In addition with a majority of the world using Android devices and a significant majority of iPhone users owning an iPad or MacBook, USB-C cables are very common out in the wild.
I'm not pro-Lightning. I'm anti-unnecessary government regulation and pro free market.
Off topic, I know. But I had to laugh about this one because just an hour ago, I was given a paper straw in a plastic wrapper. Where I live, plastic straws and the paper wrapper they came in were both recyclable. Now everywhere here switched to paper straws. The straw…still recyclable. The plastic wrapper they now come in…not recyclable. Oops
Because a solid monolith with rounded corners is easier to connect without looking in addition to being more durable, to add to what the user I quoted was saying about the discrepancy in port durability. Solid shape > hollow, sharp, flat-ended oval 🤷
I agree with you. If apple did pull the iphone out of the EU, a huge black market for iphones in Europe would develop overnight, lol.
It’s kind of wild that higher ups can get away with a casual blatant leak like that but if some middle level engineer let that out you know they’d be fired on the spot and who knows maybe sued and have equity cancelled
To anyone who is STILL suggesting Apple should do whatever type of cable they see fit, allow me to introduce you 1980s computer situation, where different company produces computers that are incompatible with everyone else’s, and even the same company produces computers that are incompatible with each other.
If you guys want the world where Apple produces new charging cable every year or 2 years that is only compatible with a handful of devices (say one cable per generation of iPhone), then petition the EU to allow Apple to produce new cable every single year. Heck, even better, make iPhone 14 Por Max incompatible with iPhone 13 Pro Max. I am sure it will be amazing For you guys out there saying USB-C stifle the innovation.
If you guys want the world where Apple produces new charging cable every year or 2 years that is only compatible with a handful of devices (say one cable per generation of iPhone), then petition the EU to allow Apple to produce new cable every single year. Heck, even better, make iPhone 14 Por Max incompatible with iPhone 13 Pro Max. I am sure it will be amazing For you guys out there saying USB-C stifle the innovation.
But are they Apple USB-C ports that have worn out? It seems they've strengthened them over time. They don't all have the same durability.
Like the National electric, fire, and plumbing codes That are widely adopted by governments at all levels?
Free markets are great, but without some level of regulation, you'd have human meat sold on the street, and mega corporations who use market power to stifle innovation. I remember when it was illegal to connect modems to the telephone network, and the phones were hard wired to the walls. Until the government forced them to open up. We're seeing that today with fios and cable companies requiring their modems that they control, monitor, and run their own Wi-Fi on the back of your service. Comcast is requiring not just their all in one, but also their managed internet service to get the latest upstream improvements. id love to see hard regulations banning that practice.
Regulation ensures that if the bottle says snake oil, then it damn well better be filled with snake oil. They do have their purpose.
I agree that regulations need to be minimized, but in this case, the smart phone market is hardly free. It's a duopoly.
Thanks for waiting as long as bleeping possible to do this Apple. IO speeds and device compatibility with your walled garden Lightning cable is nonsensical here and now. Especially when iPads and MacBook devices have made the switch long ago.
Really appreciated lightning (as compared to the 30 Pin dock setup) back when the iPhone 5 was new, but since then USB-C has been fully ratified and considered a standard for even the most basic / budget Android devices for years now.
Really appreciated lightning (as compared to the 30 Pin dock setup) back when the iPhone 5 was new, but since then USB-C has been fully ratified and considered a standard for even the most basic / budget Android devices for years now.