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Apple did USB-C on the iPad before the Europeans forced them to do USB-C at all. They could have kept developing Lighting, it supported USB-3 speeds for one dev

Apple did USB-C on the iPad before the Europeans forced them to do USB-C at all. They could have kept developing Lighting, it supported USB-3 speeds for one device (the first iPad Pro), but they instead chose to rally around the common standard. USB-C on phones was a certainty, it was clear to everyone. The problem is not that Apple didn't want to standardize, it's that they didn't want to be forced. In the history of technology, Apple has chosen to switch connectors countless times. Every single time people complain, and every time Apple has the same exact reason for choosing a specific connector: its the one that makes sense for its customers when the device is released.

talldayo 2y ago
Speaking of, can you buy a Magic Trackpad that uses USB-C yet? I've got a Magic Trackpad 2 that requires this annoying special cable no one uses and it ends up making me buy trashy gas-station connectors to feed it power. Maybe we're still waiting for that one to make "sense for it's customers when the device was released". Good grief.
- philistine 2y ago
  The Magic Trackpad 2 was released in 2015. you want a third version, but the second one had to be Lighting.
ThatPlayer 2y ago
> it supported USB-3 speeds for one device (the first iPad Pro) I'm always unsure about this because it only supported USB 3 host for one specific accessory, the camera adapter. I question whether that implementation was just a hack or something that could've scaled to proper USB client support and others. There was never a USB 3 Lightning to USB-A or USB-C cable.
Dylan16807 2y ago
They did the exact opposite of rally. USB-C on iPhone took an extra eight years. Even if I agree it was a "certainty", that's far too long. They did not want to standardize. The idea of forcing them didn't come up in any significant way until after they proved that. And I don't know what their laziness about USB 3 is supposed to prove. They didn't consider 3 support necessary for USB-C either.

talldayo 2y ago

Speaking of, can you buy a Magic Trackpad that uses USB-C yet? I've got a Magic Trackpad 2 that requires this annoying special cable no one uses and it ends up making me buy trashy gas-station connectors to feed it power. Maybe we're still waiting for that one to make "sense for it's customers when the device was released". Good grief.

philistine 2y ago
The Magic Trackpad 2 was released in 2015. you want a third version, but the second one had to be Lighting.

ThatPlayer 2y ago

> it supported USB-3 speeds for one device (the first iPad Pro) I'm always unsure about this because it only supported USB 3 host for one specific accessory, the camera adapter. I question whether that implementation was just a hack or something that could've scaled to proper USB client support and others. There was never a USB 3 Lightning to USB-A or USB-C cable.

Dylan16807 2y ago

They did the exact opposite of rally. USB-C on iPhone took an extra eight years. Even if I agree it was a "certainty", that's far too long. They did not want to standardize. The idea of forcing them didn't come up in any significant way until after they proved that. And I don't know what their laziness about USB 3 is supposed to prove. They didn't consider 3 support necessary for USB-C either.