> FWIW, the current case seems to be "hardware works just as the spec says, OS blocks in anyway." Based on what? The comments from Plugable make a strong case

> FWIW, the current case seems to be "hardware works just as the spec says, OS blocks in anyway." Based on what? The comments from Plugable make a strong case that there's one or more un-fixable issues with certain combinations peripheral silicon that lead to an unacceptable customer experience. As can be clearly seen in this thread, given the opportunity a significant slice of the population will choose to blame Apple, so the only sensible response is to avoid the situation. Put yourself in their shoes; given these two scenarios: a) some set of customers' peripherals stop working with "this peripheral isn't supported" b) some set of customers suffer random hangs, crashes, freezes, data loss And given that you only get to choose one of those two, which one demonstrates a real commitment to the customer? I realise this doesn't fit the "Apple is always out to screw you" narrative, but I guess you have to ask... if it doesn't, perhaps your story's not so true?