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This is your regular reminder that the USB-C port design was published two years after devices with a Lightning port started shipping.
by stouset 3y ago
This is your regular reminder that the USB-C port design was published two years after devices with a Lightning port started shipping.
- CamperBob2 3y agoSo? Lightning is patented. The design aspects that made it better are literally illegal for anyone else to use. Apple was greedy when it came to something that didn't matter, and they ended up losing out in the long run as a result. An old tale, oft told.
- stouset 3y agoWhere and how exactly has Apple “lost out”?
- CamperBob2 3y agoThey are presently being ordered at gunpoint to redesign their hardware, but I can see how some people might consider that a win, given the right combination of drugs and talk therapy. Turning Lightning over to the USB Forum could have prevented this. Lightning is good enough to supplant the mediocre USB C connector, but it's not good enough on its own to sell phones.