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Yeah, and they'd never get rid of the original proprietary charger port on the iPhone, or MagSafe on their MacBooks, or their .... 😏

Not the same thing at all. New ports allowing higher data bandwith are progress. What kind of progress do you think could be made with a new Watch band connector?

Also, in an interview when the Ultra came out Apple designers said they know very well how important band compatibility is for a lot of Watch buyers / band collectors and that keeping the compatibility intact was one of their primary design goals.
 

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