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what in the world are you talking about? none of these things exist, or show any hint of existing. i'd love apple to make an apple dock. they don't because t
by naikrovek 2y ago
what in the world are you talking about?
none of these things exist, or show any hint of existing. i'd love apple to make an apple dock. they don't because they don't need to; apple hardware uses thunderbolt 4, so thunderbolt docks work. (i do wish apple would support MST in their laptops though, so I can get multiple monitors connected via a single dock without that silly DisplayLink nonsense, but not even an apple dock could get around this limitation.)
your paranoia about apple-proprietary docks, keyboards, dongles, cables, adapters and (perhaps) monthly fees, are completely off-base from what I've seen out of apple.
...and i'm not even an apple fan.
- Bluestein 2y agoMight have overdone it a bit for sake of exposition, but Apple killed the headphone jack. Their accessory ecosystem is a thing ...
- naikrovek 2y agoyes, but they don't require that you use their hardware. non-Apple bluetooth headphones are a thing, and they work great. Apple desktops and laptops still have physical headphone/headset jacks, too. I personally prefer wireless headphones when using a phone, because having the cable often required that you either have the phone out and in your hand the whole time, because the cable is too short, or somehow the headphone cable is far too long and it gets caught on everything as you move around. I understand wanting to have the option, of course, and I recognize that not everyone shares my preferences. Having designed electronic circuit boards in the past, I also know that the removal of a connector is always considered a "win". connectors suck and are the source of a lot of problems down the line, especially if they are for connecting to the outside world.