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You are easily baffled, then. Apple doesn't just change the connector design. It also performs authentication/identification/verification on the objects it is c
by rossjudson 14y ago
You are easily baffled, then. Apple doesn't just change the connector design. It also performs authentication/identification/verification on the objects it is connecting to.
If you're Apple and you want to make lots of money from your very popular products, one of the ways you can do that is to make them incompatible with the competitive markets for standardized accessories. You can come up with your own connectors, and you can use patents, litigation, and trade secrets to ensure that you have no competition, and that your users have no choice but to buy high profit accessories from a single source.
I trust you are unbaffled!
- Cushman 14y agoIf I'm Apple, I don't need to come up with some kind of trick to make lots of money. I just need to keep releasing best-in-class hardware at competitive prices by leaving out expensive features 99% of my customers will never want. I love my iPhone 5, not because of patents or lawsuits, but because it's really, really well built. I definitely couldn't have gotten it cheaper from anyone else. How many overpriced accessories have I bought? Zero. Because I don't need that crap-- and Apple doesn't make me pay for stuff I don't need.[0] [0] Not counting the Mac Pro, that is.
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