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> Every other USB-C device I've bought came with a USB-A charger and USB-A to C cable, including my current phone. Wow, really? That is an interesting choice.
by rootusrootus 4y ago
> Every other USB-C device I've bought came with a USB-A charger and USB-A to C cable, including my current phone.
Wow, really? That is an interesting choice. One of the best aspects of USB-C is the increased power ability, which is unavailable if the head end of the cable is just connected to an old USB-A port. I mean, I get that Micro-USB was so awful that everyone abandoned it quickly when USB-C was invented, but why did they half-ass the solution?
I don't buy the argument that Apple is milking users with proprietary cables. They created a solution to Micro-USB when nobody else would, and they've stuck with that choice for 10 years. They have been moving iPads over to USB-C over the past few years, so clearly they will get there with the iPhone too, but you and I both know the bitching about that will be far louder than the complaints now that Lightning is proprietary. An original Lightning cable still works today.
- ratww 4y ago> Wow, really? That is an interesting choice. It is interesting but very pragmatic for this situation: until somewhat recently most computers and chargers only had USB-A ports.
- schwartzworld 4y ago> until somewhat recently most computers and chargers only had USB-A ports Yes! In fact, the only computer I have without any USB-A ports is my work laptop, which is non-coincidentally, an Apple.
- samatman 4y agoI'm old enough to remember the first wave of outrage when Apple dropped the serial port (and floppy disk!) and started using this weird USB thing that only their devices supported. What goes around comes around. Don't worry, in a few years you literally won't remember that you thought of USB-C as an "Apple thing". Or at least you won't mention it.
- schwartzworld 4y agoWell I literally wouldn't pay money for an apple product these days, so maybe. Lol