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It's always worth nothing that Apple played a significant role in creating USB-C. There have been (unproven) "rumors" that Apple invented USB-C, but otherwise a
by madeofpalk 6y ago
It's always worth nothing that Apple played a significant role in creating USB-C. There have been (unproven) "rumors" that Apple invented USB-C, but otherwise a quarter of the engineers listed on the (initial) USB-C spec working group were Apple engineers.
- DiabloD3 6y agoIt's somewhat the reverse, in a way. Apple, and other companies, clearly would benefit from a once and always connector that far exceeds the demands of whatever USB will need in the future... ... except Lightning is the production version of an early rejected Type C prototype. It was rejected because external facing pins are a common and well known fault point in connector designs. Those external pins on Lightning plug tabs are the most common failure point of their cables.
- AlphaSite 6y agoDo you know what the trade offs in terms of cable vs design reliability are for USBC vs Lightning out of interest?
- inspector-g 6y ago> except Lightning is the production version of an early rejected Type C prototype Do you have a source for this? Curious to read more about it.
- Solocomplex 6y agoIt's better than a failure of the port on the device.