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I’m just annoyed Apple didn’t open source the Lightning spec and push for it as the USC-C standard. They’re on the consortium after all.
by warning26 4y ago
I’m just annoyed Apple didn’t open source the Lightning spec and push for it as the USC-C standard. They’re on the consortium after all.
- mwint 4y agoThey may not have anticipated that governments would try to force them off their own spec onto an inferior one.
- wbsss4412 4y agoThat’s somewhat beside the point. Universal, even slightly suboptimal standards, are better than non universal optimal ones. Apple could have pushed for a better industry standard, to the benefit of everyone, including themselves, but they chose not to.
- aaaaaaaaata 4y ago> That’s somewhat beside the point. It isn't, because that's 100% why they didn't share....they wanted to be Different™.
- wbsss4412 4y agoWell yes, we all know that’s why they did what they did. I said it was beside the point because it’s still annoying despite their motivation.
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- duskwuff 4y ago1) Lightning is USB2 only. USB-C supports USB3/4 and DisplayPort, which have much higher signal integrity requirements which the Lightning connector wouldn't be able to meet. 2) Lightning is relatively limited in its power handling. USB-C handles up to 120W (!) -- if you tried pushing that much current through the little contacts in Lightning, the connector would melt.
- Jcowell 4y agoNote for point 1, lightning could support USB 3.0. It was done for the 2015 iPad Pro