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The margins on the cables and adapters have also always been laughable.
by kmfrk 10y ago
The margins on the cables and adapters have also always been laughable.
- mahyarm 10y agoA few years after a new cable format although, you can get fairly affordable 3rd party cables although. And now they are moving to USB-C, which doesn't have any thing apple specific other than the lightning connector.
- Bud 10y agoA few years? More like a couple weeks.
- mahyarm 10y agoIt took a while for $2 lightning cables that worked well to show up in dollar stores. In the first year or two, they weren't around.
- gumby 10y agoI have Retina MacBook and can tell you that two years after the RMB introduction the USB Type C ecosystem barely exists. Although to be fair I don't plug much into my machine any more so it doesn't really affect me.
- kmfrk 10y agoWell, two things: 1) On iOS, Apple have a record of disabling third-party cables through software updates. Ask me how I know. :) 2) USB-C cables have a horrible reputation for quality control that's all over the place. This is one place where Apple might have a leg up, because a third-party cable could literally blow up your computer. Honestly, it's mainly the combination of the high price tag and their shitty build quality that leads to near-instant fraying that pisses me off about Apple cables more than anything.