• Isoprenoid@programming.dev
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    9 months ago

    To be fair, USB-C didn’t exist when Lightning was introduced

    Hmm, I wonder why that was?

    Lightning is a proprietary computer bus and power connector, created and designed by Apple Inc. It was introduced on September 12, 2012

    Design for the USB-C connector was initially developed in 2012 by Apple Inc. and Intel.

    So Apple helped develop USB-C but failed to integrate it into their products for a decade. Now, why would they do that?

    Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_(connector)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB-C

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      9 months ago

      Because it’s not a superior connector. Lightning is better as a purely charging port. It’s less fragile and doesn’t have a million competing implementations. One of the most frustrating things about USB-C is you can’t be sure if a cable is actually going to work.

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      9 months ago

      Here’s the summary for the wikipedia article you mentioned in your comment:

      Lightning is a proprietary computer bus and power connector, created and designed by Apple Inc. It was introduced on September 12, 2012, in conjunction with the iPhone 5, to replace its predecessor, the 30-pin dock connector. The Lightning connector is used to connect Apple mobile devices like iPhones, iPads, and iPods to host computers, external monitors, cameras, USB battery chargers, and other peripherals. Using 8 pins instead of 30, Lightning is much smaller than its predecessor. The Lightning connector is reversible.

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