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> And yet not only has Apple already done exactly that for iPhones (specifically: migrating from the iPod connector to Lightning) I feel that only confirms my

• yellowapple 5y ago
  > I feel that only confirms my point. The switch happened ten years ago, yet many people are still being mad at Apple today over it. It disproves your point from multiple directions: 1. It demonstrates that Apple has no qualms about abandoning proprietary connectors and leaving an entire connector ecosystem stranded overnight. 2. It demonstrates that said connector ecosystem has no qualms about adapting to a new proprietary connector - let alone a standardized one. And no, I know of precisely zero people upset about switching away from the iPod connector. The only thing about which anyone is upset about is the fact that Apple chose a different proprietary connector instead of using that opportunity to standardize. > I think I’m failing to see your point. None of those vendors has any amount of control over the USB accessory ecosystem, or do they? The bigger players absolutely do manufacture their own accessories, but that's secondary to my point: that the accessory market readily adapted to phone manufacturers switching connectors on its own. Apple, if anything, would have an easier time for the exact reason you indicate: Apple has control over the Apple accessory ecosystem, and can use that control to put additional pressure on accessory makers.