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Comment on Apple to Limit iPhone 15 USB-C Cables to USB 2.0 Speeds: Report

You’re likely not aware of all the facts. See, they’re required to put the USB C port in because Apple has been getting away with bullshit for decades that needs to stop. There’s zero reason for all the proprietary shit they force users to use that ends up creating millions of tons of plastic waste. So they decided to be extra massive cunts and are putting BOTH options on the phone instead of just using the one that every other phone does just fine with, creating a TON of plastic waste, and then, the kicker, forcing you to buy both cords anyhow if you want things to be fast.

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ikilledlaurapalmer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Getting away with it? You know lightning came out like 4 years before USB-C, right?

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- prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Apple gets shit because they had a proprietary connector when everyone stated using mini/micro usb.
  
  They then upgraded their proprietary connector to one that was MUCH better than the mini/micro connectors.
  
  Now the usb-c connector is king and apple looks bad for not having the “better” connector this time.
  
  But they aren’t forcing anyone to a NEW proprietary connector, just the one they have been using for like a decade now …
  
  Standardizing on a GOOD connector will be nice, but it’s not like apples proprietary connector wasn’t BETTER for a long time.
  
  Most folks don’t follow the timeline, yes apple is using a proprietary connector but it’s older than the new connector that was being used. They didn’t force you into a shittier product back then.
  
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- JokeDeity@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Irrelevant. It was always an issue, with everything they do.
  
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phillaholic@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
What are you talking about? Lightning is older than USB-c, and iPhone has had 2 connectors (30pin, Lightning) during the time where all other phones had at least three (Mini B, Micro B, C)

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- JokeDeity@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Proving my point to?
  
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  - phillaholic@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    No? A non-iPhone user has had to replace more cables during the same time span, and that’s not even counting the proprietary cables that existed on phones in the 2007-2009 era. Thunderbolt cables are expensive, even at Monoprice they are 3-4x the cost of a USB 2.0 cable that the vast majority will never need anything better.
    
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AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

and are putting BOTH options on the phone

While we haven’t yet seen the new phones, this is extremely unlikely. Since when does Apple have the reputation of adding ports?

I had read somewhere that they’re just continuing to use an older controller to save a few Pennie’s and reduce architectural changes

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- JokeDeity@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I’m only going off what this guy is guessing, but I don’t think they would do that either.
  
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