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> What I really don't understand however, is why they decided to make a new proprietary format instead of using micro USB like everybody else. What I don't und
by sjwright 14y ago
> What I really don't understand however, is why they decided to make a new proprietary format instead of using micro USB like everybody else.
What I don't understand is why you think Apple should be forced to implement a crappy standard instead of creating something that is so obviously much better.
That said, I'm hoping that Apple will release a plate-shaped adapter for existing 30 pin dock devices.
- malsme 14y agoWhat the EU did with the standardisation of connectors was a good thing for consumers. I'm not really sure why someone would side with Apple in this respect, other than if you own shares in the business, work for them, for a supplier etc.
- dgudkov 14y agoThat's correct. I enjoy getting rid of bunch of different cables. Now 1 plug and 1 micro-USB cable can charge all phones, tablets and e-readers in house.
- sjwright 14y agoI also side with them as a consumer who frequently connects cables to devices, and therefore knows that micro-usb sucks balls. If I was an Apple shareholder I would have wanted them to stick with the 30 pin connector; as much as Lightning should greatly improve usability, Apple have so much marketplace inertia stored in the 30 pin accessory market, and they're going to lose all of it overnight. See that awesome fancy speaker dock? Chances are it's got a 30 pin connector on it. That's not going to be the case in 18 months. And I bet less than half of the speaker dock market is Lightning by then; the rest will be neither.
- adestefan 14y agoBecause it limits innovation. What if there was a law that was enacted in the 1970s that mandated every video interconnect must be a single RCA cable?