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Usb-c has been the most exciting and most impactful to my daily usage change for this device since probably going back as far as the 4S or 7. It’s wild to thin

Usb-c has been the most exciting and most impactful to my daily usage change for this device since probably going back as far as the 4S or 7. It’s wild to think this would have shipped with lightning without government pressure.

heavenlyblue 3y ago
I can pinpoint so many things I could change in my life that would be above "getting rid of thunderbolt cable" in their priority that switching to that cable is irrelevant.
- whywhywhywhy 3y ago
  I said daily usage of this device, not my life in general. Read my comment properly. I was more making a point how utterly lackluster the last 7 or so versions of this product have been.
christophilus 3y ago
> It’s wild to think this would have shipped with lightning without government pressure. Is this true? I heard that Apple was planning the switch regardless (or at least an adapter change). The only reason it took so long was that they had committed to keeping the adapter stable for a few generations to avoid the appearance of churn. I can’t remember where I heard this, though, so I may be completely wrong.
- whywhywhywhy 3y ago
  Think it's obvious that isn't the case otherwise why would they have launched the AirPod Pro 2 without it. Don't non-pro iPads still ship without it?, Recent iMac refresh that required all custom cabling for the peripherals still shipped lightning.
- kgermino 3y ago
  Ya there’s obviously a balance between backwards compatibility and jumping to the new best thing. When they launched the lightning port in 2012 they said it’d be the connector for the next decade, and changing too quickly would have upset people who have a bunch of lightning stuff but no, or not as many, USB-C cables. There’s a balance. They’ve been rumored to be heading to USB-C for a few years (before EU action) and the EU doesn’t require the switch until next year, so this was technically not required by the new rules. My best guess is that they were moving to USB-C anyway and at most the EU rule moved it up a year or two but who knows
HumblyTossed 3y ago
> Usb-c has been the most exciting and most impactful to my daily usage change for this device since probably going back as far as the 4S or 7. This blows my mind. It's a port.
- whywhywhywhy 3y ago
  It's one less cable I don't have to carry to and from work or literally every where I travel. A port isn't exciting but the death of an unnecessary proprietary cable forever is.
  - HumblyTossed 3y ago
    Do you only charge your devices one at a time?

heavenlyblue 3y ago

I can pinpoint so many things I could change in my life that would be above "getting rid of thunderbolt cable" in their priority that switching to that cable is irrelevant.

whywhywhywhy 3y ago
I said daily usage of this device, not my life in general. Read my comment properly. I was more making a point how utterly lackluster the last 7 or so versions of this product have been.

christophilus 3y ago

> It’s wild to think this would have shipped with lightning without government pressure. Is this true? I heard that Apple was planning the switch regardless (or at least an adapter change). The only reason it took so long was that they had committed to keeping the adapter stable for a few generations to avoid the appearance of churn. I can’t remember where I heard this, though, so I may be completely wrong.

whywhywhywhy 3y ago
Think it's obvious that isn't the case otherwise why would they have launched the AirPod Pro 2 without it. Don't non-pro iPads still ship without it?, Recent iMac refresh that required all custom cabling for the peripherals still shipped lightning.
kgermino 3y ago
Ya there’s obviously a balance between backwards compatibility and jumping to the new best thing. When they launched the lightning port in 2012 they said it’d be the connector for the next decade, and changing too quickly would have upset people who have a bunch of lightning stuff but no, or not as many, USB-C cables. There’s a balance. They’ve been rumored to be heading to USB-C for a few years (before EU action) and the EU doesn’t require the switch until next year, so this was technically not required by the new rules. My best guess is that they were moving to USB-C anyway and at most the EU rule moved it up a year or two but who knows

HumblyTossed 3y ago

> Usb-c has been the most exciting and most impactful to my daily usage change for this device since probably going back as far as the 4S or 7. This blows my mind. It's a port.

whywhywhywhy 3y ago
It's one less cable I don't have to carry to and from work or literally every where I travel. A port isn't exciting but the death of an unnecessary proprietary cable forever is.
- HumblyTossed 3y ago
  Do you only charge your devices one at a time?