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It's easier to just change the plug on the other end of the power cables every release.
by Scooty 8y ago
It's easier to just change the plug on the other end of the power cables every release.
- stouset 8y agoThis criticism rings extremely hollow. The 30-pin connector lasted from the third-gen iPod (2003) through the iPhone 5 (2012), or around nine years. Lightning has remained the connector of choice since then for the past six years. MagSafe debuted in 2006, was improved to MagSafe 2 in 2012, and is being phased out for USB-C (which is terrible, but I digress) in 2018. One change in fifteen years for their handheld product lineup and two changes in twelve years for their laptop lineup seems pretty reasonable.