Apple is trying to claim it’s the fault of regulators that usb-c to lightning cables will be useless e-waste despite being the wankers that chose to use lightning instead of usb-c in the first place.
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cuchilloc@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I don’t get it, current charger is usbc out. The current charging cable is usbc to lighting. Why won’t the included cable work with the old charger? New cable should be just usbc male on both ends. What am I missing?
Cabrio@lemmy.world 1 year ago
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Lightning predates USB C by like two years
Cabrio@lemmy.world 1 year ago
But not USB as a standard it doesn’t. They still chose proprietary over standard because wankers.
Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Micro usb fucking sucked. Being a standard doesn’t mean shit when the standard is shit.
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Sure, but that moves us out of a conversation about e-waste
dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I was a bit skeptical of your statement, because it FELT like they came out at the same time; but you are completely correct. The iPhone 5 with lightning was released Sep 2012, and the USB-C standard was published in Aug 2014. Almost exactly 2 years later. The first smartphone with USB-C didn’t come out until a full year later, though. So lightning was more like 3 years ahead in the phone world.
eskimofry@lemmy.one 1 year ago
Two years is like no time in the land of technology standards. Apple did not know whats going to happen in 2 years? Come on!
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 1 year ago
They weren’t going to keep a huge 40 pin connector for two extra iPhone models or spend two years on microusb just to quickly switch to usb-c. And I think they went with the 40-pin over micro-usb as they already had a base of consumers with those cables from the success of iPods. If Wikipedia is correct micro usb was only announced six months prior to the original iPhone.
anteaters@feddit.de 1 year ago
It’s good that regulators put a stop to Apple producing even more proprietary BS cables then.
ilega_dh@feddit.nl 1 year ago
All my bricks are still USB-A because they don’t break, so if I were to come home with a C to C cable, I’d be out of luck.
But it’s just a sales tactic, people are acting like Apple is trying to start an uprising against the EU or something
dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The chargers are fine, but the old cables are now much less useful. The only thing left (I think?) that uses lightning are AirPods.
kbotc@lemmy.world 1 year ago
AirPods, Mighty Mouse, Magic Trackpad.
stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 1 year ago
That’s going to be me after the iPhone 15 comes out. I’ve been needing to upgrade for a while now, but have been waiting until the 15 comes out so I can switch over to usb-c. The only one left after that will be my AirPods.
kalleboo@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I still have friends who still have iPhone XR, XS etc and those came with USB A bricks. And any time I buy some cheap gadget with a USB-C port it just comes with a USB-A to C cable. So I can see lots of people still out there with only USB A chargers.
squaresinger@feddit.de 1 year ago
The new cable, that is included in the box, is C to C, both male, so there is literally no issue. Apple is just butthurt that they had to ditch lightning.
And probably they want to redirect the anger of iPhone buyers from them to the EU.
cuchilloc@lemmy.world 1 year ago
And 9to5 mac is butthurt too? Like… I still have two iPod classic cables and they are not going to the landfill. They will replace the one I use when it breaks. Same will happen for these, you will give them along to whoever still has a lighting jack until they break.
squaresinger@feddit.de 1 year ago
They are just reporting what Apple says.
pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
yes
Cyberwitch_7493@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
9to5mac spews the same garbage Apple puts out in my experience.
HurlingDurling@lemm.ee 1 year ago
They are so butthurt they said they will be limiting data transfer speeds to usb 2.0 because they want people to use their stupid icloud subscription
SmoothLiquidation@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The lightning phones could only use 2.0 speeds. There is no change to the hardware except for the form factor of the connector.
HurlingDurling@lemm.ee 1 year ago
And that is the problem. If Apple was truly selling top end hardware they should have used a USB-3 or even a Thunderbolt 4 port and possibly a truly fast charging experience, but again, they don’t want their customers to use their usb-c ports for anything but charging because that would lower the value of iCloud and they like that subscription money now.