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I didn't say they necessarily denigrated the open formats but added and preferred their own proprietary image, audio etc formats as they gained market strength.
by gumby 3y ago
I didn't say they necessarily denigrated the open formats but added and preferred their own proprietary image, audio etc formats as they gained market strength.
On the hardware side I'm delighted by Apple's USB C/TB push (and Apple contributed a lot to those standards, esp based on what they had learned with Lightning) but note they revived the proprietary "magsafe" connecter on recent laptops (though you can still use USB C PD). Apparently enough customers wanted it.
And as others have pointed out, Apple is hardly alone in this
- als0 3y ago> Apparently enough customers wanted it. Magsafe is genuinely a nice innovation that users missed. It solves the cord yank problem. But I do like having the option to use USB-C if I don't have the MagSafe cable.
- memefrog 3y agoAlso USB-C absolutely sucks. The socket seems to attract dirt and dust in a way that prevents its proper working like no other.
- brokenmachine 3y agoI have lots of USB-C devices and never had that problem. I'm careful with my stuff though.
- Unfrozen0688 3y agoPhones are very sensitive to it as they are in a pocket. Pocket lint -> pushed in USB cable -> after some years the connector wont connect anymore
- brokenmachine 3y agoHad lots of phones, always in my pocket, never had that problem. Actually I just realized I put it in my pocket top-end down. So the usb socket is facing the sky. I suppose that might keep the usb socket further from pocket lint.
- amluto 3y agoThe only port I’ve ever experienced this problem with is Lightning. At least on many iPhone versions, if anything damages one of the delicate lead springs inside the port, Apple service will tell you to replace the entire phone.
- gumby 3y agoI'm the other way around: I just want to carry a UB C cable or two. The cable was designed so wear and damage should accrue to the cable, not the connector in your device.
- saagarjha 3y agoThe current computers are the best of both worlds in that respect :)
- JohnBooty 3y agoThat's true. I forgot they brought Magsafe back. (Side note: I don't know why they couldn't just make a standard USB-C connector, except magnetic...)
- ctippett 3y agoSome of the new MacBooks require a charging port capable of greater than the current USB-C specification limit of 100W, that's likely one reason why they decided against coopting USB-C exclusively for charging.
- throwaway2037 3y agoAbout your side note: That seems physically impossible. Magsafe only has five pins, and is larger than USB-C, which has twenty-four pins. To me, USB-C is a modern miracle. It is so small, reasonably strong, reversible, and has very high pin density.
- saagarjha 3y agoAmusingly the new MagSafe is based on USB-PD I believe, just in a different connector form factor. (The old was 1-wire I think?)
- tuetuopay 3y ago> Apparently enough customers wanted it. This magnetic thing saved my macbook from numerous falls when people tripped on the power cord. It was ubiquitous, worked across the whole lineup and for several generations. It is hard to forget that until usb-c, it was commonplace for a manufacturer to have a wide range of power adapters, of varying voltage, power, connector, etc. Apple do their own shit, but they do it consistently.