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But Mini and Micro USB both royally sucked. That's why they invented the lightning connector.
by SamReidHughes 7y ago
But Mini and Micro USB both royally sucked. That's why they invented the lightning connector.
- Retric 7y agoMy point was Apple had been developing a connector at the same time. They could have worked with the USB working group and improved the standard rather than adding yet another cable type.
- SamReidHughes 7y agoYes, that's what the USB working group needed. A larger committee, with a new entrant telling them they're all wrong, dragging them through the gravel until they submit. Better to crush them in the market.
- tssva 7y agoIf their goal was to crush them in the market they seem to have failed.
- danaris 7y agoWhile on the face of it that's true, it's no accident that USB-C basically looks like a Lightning connector turned inside-out. The design of Lightning definitely influenced the design of the USB-C connector.
- dnh44 7y agoThe power connectors to Mac mini’s in 2007 and 2008 look just like oversized USB-C connectors. I always wondered if there was any relation between the two.