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> You can already buy non-Apple branded lightning cables. Lightening cables are not a standard and thus Apple dictates terms even with non-Apple lightening cab
by webmobdev 4y ago
> You can already buy non-Apple branded lightning cables.
Lightening cables are not a standard and thus Apple dictates terms even with non-Apple lightening cables. As lightening cables are not an industry standard the prices are influenced by Apple and artificially inflated (even for non-Apple ones). And they can only be used with Apple devices. (Lightening cables have seen a recent price fall only after Apple shifted to USB-C for some iDevices, as the market fears Apple is already preparing to switch to USB-C).
USB-C cables will be even cheaper in the future as they are standardised, and since they can be used with multiple devices (due to such regulations) you need to buy fewer of them too.
- vladvasiliu 4y agoI don't particularly follow Apple's products, so I don't know when they started selling USB-C devices, and hence what "recently" means to you. What I can say, is that in France on Amazon, USB-C cables and Lightning cables had similar prices when I last bought mine a few years ago. I usually compare Amazon Basics and Ugreen / Aukey brands.
- jen20 4y ago> since they can be used with multiple devices (due to such regulations) you need to buy fewer of them too. I’ve seen this argument a few times “yay now I only have to take one cable on holiday”. Sure, unless you want to charge two devices at once while you’re sleeping, perhaps… it’s an unrelated argument to which connector is better.