Comment on Apple forced to ditch iPhone lightning charger
Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year agoI don’t know any reason why switching to USB-C would’ve been on Apple’s roadmap. Controlling the lighting ecosystem is far too valuable for them. Apple’s refusal to switch to the common USB-C is one of the reasons this law exists in it’s current form.
bob_wiley@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Rootiest@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Because Lightning is too slow and low-power for the functionality they felt necessary for the iPad.
You can’t do real video output over USB2.0, charging current is limited, and you can’t effectively use it for data and charging at the same time.
Your mistake is overlooking the fact that Lightning is woefully outdated.
iPhones have been able to get away with it this long by doing most everything wirelessly and convincing users like you that it’s somehow better to have a slower, less powerful connector on their phone.
They couldn’t get away with the same limitations on a tablet.
bob_wiley@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Honytawk@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
The only reason the EU got involved was because Apple didn’t want to regulate themselves into being non-anti-consumer.
Regulations are only necessary when a market is unable to regulate itself.