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It isn’t just a matter of hardware. There has to be a huge number of ‘ifdef lightning’ or equivalent constructs all over iOS and its apps.

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• WalterGR 4y ago
  > There has to be a huge number of ‘ifdef lightning’ Why would that be the case? Why would apps need to know what kind of port is used for charging?
  • summerlight 4y ago
    Not for usual apps, but iOS for iPhone might need to know. USB is a fairly complex standard to implement correctly and now Apple tries to bring this to billions rather than millions. So the bar is much higher.
  • sigjuice 4y ago
    The lightning port is not just for charging. It can be used for audio, data and possibly other things.