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I think Apple may have even been eyeing a migration to USB-C for its phones and tablets, but held it back to avoid pissing off their customers after the (relati
by gruturo 8y ago
I think Apple may have even been eyeing a migration to USB-C for its phones and tablets, but held it back to avoid pissing off their customers after the (relatively) recent switch from the old 30pin connector.
This provides them with the perfect excuse for going ahead while avoiding (or redirecting) a bit of customer rage which would result.
- sjwright 8y agoIf it could be argued that Apple changed because the EU forced them to, it would be a monumental scandal. There's no way Apple would be so stupid as to walk into that PR disaster.
- otp124 8y agoHow would this be a scandal? The post you responded to sounds more plausible to me than it becoming a monumental scandal or PR disaster.
- sjwright 8y agoApple changing the plug on their iPhone again? After they've told everyone to invest in lightning cables and accessories? It creates a stir when they change voluntarily; it would be an utter scandal if it was foisted upon Apple by a foreign government. Did you not read about Macbooks and USB-C? Scandal.
- pedrocr 8y agoYou're extrapolating your own care for this topic to all of Apple's customers. You've done it all over the discussion and it massively overestimates how much people care about this. If there's anything the last few years taught us is that Americans are quite immune to outrage and scandal. Your example of Macbooks and USB-C is hilarious. No one outside hacker news actually cares.
- gruturo 8y agoNot a scandal. A scapegoat, for a change I'm sure they actually wouldn't mind. Less dongles, more uniformity. Yeah a few less MfI certification fees (they would still have plenty of "officially certified" cables and chargers esp. from better brands, so this revenue wouldn't disappear, just somewhat shrink).