Comment on Apple users bash new iPhone 15: ‘Innovation died with Steve Jobs’

• fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Coincidentally, USB C. Just not on their mobile devices.

  They were some of the first to ship a laptop with USB C, and they went balls out.

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  • elbarto777@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Not coincidentally. Ironically.

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  • MrSpArkle@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No coincidence, Apple helped design USB-C. They have been slowly transitioning for years but everyone thinks the EU “made” them switch.

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    • elbarto777@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Are you serious with that comment? EU definitely made them switch.

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      • MrSpArkle@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Did they make them switch the MacBook to USB-C? Did they make them switch the iPad to USB-C?

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    • photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      USBC has been around for years now, so why not make the switch before they’re legally required to, if not to keep users on proprietary cables for just a little longer?

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      • MrSpArkle@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        USC-C spec was finalized about two years after they made the switch to Lightning. The first smartphone with USB-C came 6 months after that finalization. Apple wanted to get rid the 30 pin and felt the uncertainty around USB-C timeline was too high, so they rolled their own.

        If they switched to USB-C for phones just 2-3 years after Lightning it would’ve been a terrible experience for iPhone users.

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    • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The EU probably made them switch.

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