Sure, but that moves us out of a conversation about e-waste
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Cabrio@lemmy.world 1 year agoBut not USB as a standard it doesn’t. They still chose proprietary over standard because wankers.
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Cabrio@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yep, the e-waste conversation is bullshit apple propaganda because they aren’t happy about playing nice with competitors and losing proprietary control of their connectors despite it being the same e-waste as if they were upgrading from or to any other standard.
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Eh, at the time they went with proprietary over micro usb to have a reversible port that could push more wattage. I feel like they’ve been dragging their feet because consumers hate changing to new cable standards. I remember the complaints when they moved away from the 40-pin to lightning. They’ve been putting USB C on devices for years now.
Neato@kbin.social 1 year ago
I remember the complaints when they moved away from the 40-pin to lightning.
Are apple consumers more prone to this complaint than the rest of us? Since I've had cell phones I've moved from USB-mini to USB-micro to USB-C. Every time it was a better change. This is just as many as apple is being asked to do except now they get to benefit from all of the 3rd party cable manufacturers.
CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 1 year ago
at the time they went with proprietary over micro usb to have a reversible port that could push more wattage.
They only came with 5W chargers from the early models up to the iPhone 11 in 2019.
Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Micro usb fucking sucked. Being a standard doesn’t mean shit when the standard is shit.
stonedemoman@lemmy.world 1 year ago
What the fuck are you talking about? Lightning cable specs were identical to micro USB.
Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Other than, you know, the connector. The thing most people care about. Most USB-C cables today are usb 2.0 still anyway so they have the same spec as Lightning.
Micro usb was non reversible, the little pins broke all the fuckin time so the cable wouldn’t stay in the port, and the connector would damage the port itself so you’d just be fucked.
Lightning was miles ahead of that. It was reversible so it literally didn’t matter how you put it in. There were no fragile little pins to hold it in so it lasted a lot longer, and since the internal pins in the port were all on the sides of the port it was a lot harder to damage the port itself. If the cable got damaged you could just replace it without worrying about the port.
Lightning was better than micro and mini usb in pretty much every way.
lemmyvore@feddit.nl 1 year ago
…except Apple made the housing and cable super fragile so they’d sell more “certified” cables. Phew, dodged a bullet there. Any excuse Apple ever made about Lightning falls on its face when you figure out how two-faced they are.
Sad thing is that I actually liked Lightning cables, a lot, but I liked them when they were made by decent manufacturers with braided cord and a sturdy connector.
stonedemoman@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Lightning cables are notorious for breaking. you-well.co.uk/why-apple-cables-break-so-easily-w…
So what is there left to say about it…that you don’t have to look at the port before plugging a lightning cable in? Is that your justification for saying the USB standard sucked?
Modern PCs have 3.0 ports. Androids have 3.0 ports. 3.0 cables are available at any online store. What the actual fuck are you talking about?
Aux@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Nah, they didn’t suck.