In this edition of TC's Week in Review (WiR) newsletter, we cover Apple's iPhone 15 announcements, casino hacks and California's proposed AV truck ban.
Apple will probably cripple the usb-c interface so that if you buy third part cables they stop working in two weeks just like third party lightning cables do currently.
Synthead@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Why is a phone using a connector pretty much every other phone uses… news?
Ashyr@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Because it demonstrates the abilities for Democratic governments to regulate the excess of recalcitrant corporations.
Eggyhead@artemis.camp 1 year ago
If you read most of those articles, though, this narrative is unfortunately not usually emphasized.
what_is_a_name@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Because of apple’s size. And because we just witnessed a death of a proprietary connector. A major win for the consumer and for the universtal serial bus projects overall mission.
On a side note. Apple has been part of the usb c project from the beginning and based on some biographies - they worked hard to never release Lightning. But they needed to drop the old 30pin connector and found usb C not ready when they needed it - so they release the lightning port instead. Then stuck to it for obvious profit /ecosystem reasons.
falkerie71@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Which biographies may I ask?
StenSaksTapir@feddit.dk 1 year ago
Because another connector has been stubbornly used for years and there’s a whole ecosystem of cables and peripherals made for that, now outdated, connector.
I don’t think anyone can say in good faith this isn’t a pretty big deal.