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It's not often that Apple admits defeat like this. It's a good move, IMO. And an easy business decision. Cut the very high profit margins on all these dongles,
by ben174 10y ago
It's not often that Apple admits defeat like this. It's a good move, IMO. And an easy business decision. Cut the very high profit margins on all these dongles, and remain relevant.
- rosser 10y agoThis isn't "admitting defeat". This is sacrificing profit to help "transition" people to where Apple wants them to go. An admission of "defeat" would be shipping an iPhone that has a headphone jack again. This is why I don't expect that ever to happen.
- ben174 10y agoThey're not doing this as a favor. If they intended to do it they would have done it pre-launch. They've had a huge amount of bad press over this, and did this as a response to it. They clearly realize that not doing so puts their business at further risk.
- rosser 10y agoThat's still not an admission of "defeat". It's admitting they were maybe a bit callous with how they handled it, but they're still "full-steam ahead" on USB-C — until the next magical, panacea connector standard shows up.
- redler 10y agoThere's a near future in which USB C will be as ubiquitous as A. It's the first standardized, reversible, durable, and versatile adapter -- and it's not Apple's invention. Apple is willing to annoy the margins to ensure that by the time that near future arrives, they've got a substantial installed base of tens of millions already established. They have the luxury of employing a strategy.