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What happened is pretty much par for the course when it comes to Apple, not to imply that there's anything wrong with what they do. They needed a solution and
by cptskippy 6y ago
What happened is pretty much par for the course when it comes to Apple, not to imply that there's anything wrong with what they do. They needed a solution and what was available was either woefully insufficient or non-existent so they developed a proprietary solution that met their needs. When an industry standard eventually provided a better option they moved (e.g. ADB -> USB).
Most standards in the industry are bogged down by committees or designed to serve a myriad of use cases. Since Apple is vertically integrated and ships in volume, they generally don't have issues shipping proprietary solutions with very narrow use cases.
Most of the negative messaging you hear around Apple's proprietary solutions are usually resentment from people who want but can't have it.
- ryukafalz 6y ago> Most of the negative messaging you hear around Apple's proprietary solutions are usually resentment from people who want but can't have it. Speak for yourself. I would much prefer my iPhone to have a type-C port than the Lightning port it has; one less cable to keep track of.
- cptskippy 6y agoI guess you missed where I said: > They needed a solution and what was available was either woefully insufficient or non-existent so they developed a proprietary solution that met their needs. Lightning is 8 years old and shipped in products 2 years before the USB-C specification was even finalized, 4 years before it was standardized. And it wasn't until 2018 that USB-C began being widely adopted. USB-C is still kind of a shit show in terms of compatibility, you can get a charger/cable combination that will charge one device and destroy another. Until that gets ironed out, Apple probably won't be using it in Phones.