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egeres@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Why do they sometimes struggle so much with “obvious things”? We wouldn’t have a type-C iphone if the EU didn’t pressured them to do so
TheSealStartedIt@lemmy.world 3 months ago
dan@upvote.au 2 months ago
They didn’t have a reason to switch to USB-C, and several reasons to avoid it for as long as possible. Their old Lightning connector (and the big 30-pin connector that came before it) was proprietary, and companies had to pay a royalty to Apple for every port and connector they manufactured. They made a lot of money off of the royalties.
helenslunch@feddit.nl 3 months ago
They don’t “struggle”. They are intentional and malicious decisions meant to drive revenue, as they have been since the beginning.
Valmond@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The E-Mac (looks like a toilet, sounds like a jet) came with 256 MB of RAM in one of the two slots, adding a 512MB stick was dirt cheap (everyone had at the very least 1GB on their PC), well it was dirt cheap except if you bought it from Apple…
It’s how Apple monetizes their customers. Figuring out an artificial shortcoming they can sell as an upgrade to them (check out dongles for example).