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> The standards are really bad and it’s not just about protocols but hardware. Okay, if their hardware is esoteric, open the protocols for interacting with har

> The standards are really bad and it’s not just about protocols but hardware. Okay, if their hardware is esoteric, open the protocols for interacting with hardware. > Should they give away every hardware design needed too? Yeah probably. It would be a lot better, more like x86. We would actually get repairable phones instead of landfill fodder. But that's a different issue. > Lighting was an incredible boon in an era of micro usb, people just seem to forget how shit everyone else was. Now we have usb-c where companies are required to supply the port but doesn’t have to follow any actual specification, yay for standards. And then it became a cheap scam, whereby Apple made a few dollars off of every single lightning cable produced by anyone on Earth due to licensing. Also, as for USB-C - doesnt matter, still better. My chargers work across multiple devices. Yes, there's some standards noncompliance, this is still a huge improvement over ZERO cross compatibility.

techpression 1y ago
Last time I checked x86 is not open, it’s licensed just like the lightning cable, och and USB-C.
- const_cast 1y ago
  Its comparatively much more open, with interface and protocols specified and open source firmware implementations widely used in the wild. I'm also including BIOs/UEFI in this. ARM and phone manufacturing is a hot mess in comparison. We're still trying to reverse engineer M series MacBooks and iPhones are off limits. Android is also not open source, no AOSP does not count. There would be a lot more competition in the space if the hardware had proper specs, like x86 does.
  - techpression 1y ago
    What competition has x86 seen? I’m old enough to remember when there was more than Intel and AMD. When did they last license x86 to a competitor, 30+ years ago? It’s great that documentation exists, but it doesn’t make for competition. ARM is at least licensing out to more than two manufacturers.

techpression 1y ago

Last time I checked x86 is not open, it’s licensed just like the lightning cable, och and USB-C.

const_cast 1y ago
Its comparatively much more open, with interface and protocols specified and open source firmware implementations widely used in the wild. I'm also including BIOs/UEFI in this. ARM and phone manufacturing is a hot mess in comparison. We're still trying to reverse engineer M series MacBooks and iPhones are off limits. Android is also not open source, no AOSP does not count. There would be a lot more competition in the space if the hardware had proper specs, like x86 does.
- techpression 1y ago
  What competition has x86 seen? I’m old enough to remember when there was more than Intel and AMD. When did they last license x86 to a competitor, 30+ years ago? It’s great that documentation exists, but it doesn’t make for competition. ARM is at least licensing out to more than two manufacturers.