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    Well, I have no apple cables laying around, but plenty USB C. USB C has been used for many years as well.

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      USB C is the way to go. It works with most devices from most manufacturers. The only people left out are Apple users and cheap devices still using USB mini/micro

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            No it’s because they promised to support lightning for 15 years, that’s the level of trust partners can put into apple which can’t be done for any other oem, especially shitty lagdroids

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              especially shitty lagdroids

              Thanks for transporting me back to 2013 for a second. I didn’t realize anyone was still doing the iPhone vs Android flamewar nonsense lmao

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              they promised to support lightning for 15 years

              Citation needed - couldn’t find a single source corroborating that

              And honestly who gives a fuck about iPhone vs Android in 2023? It’s just a phone…

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                In September 2012, Apple announced the Lightning connector with the promise of being a “modern connector for the next decade.”

                Link to 9-5 Mac

                They specified 10 years (and I believe they said this because of the huge backlash of switching from the 30 pin connector) but I don’t know if they were truly saying it was going to last 10 years. Either way I’m glad they’re switching and I’ll probably turn in my 12 Pro for USB-C even though this phone is fine as is. Just hate carrying extra cables when I go on vacation and such.

                Also don’t get the iPhone vs Android “war”. When I tell people I’ve gone from Android to Apple to Android and settled on Apple people think I’m crazy.

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                  Lmao that definitely sounds like a completely binding agreement and definitely not equivalent to one that companies routinely walk back

                  “Don’t be evil” “Netflix: love is sharing your password” etc.

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                    Exactly, but I do wonder if the huge backlash from before was maybe a thought in the back of their mind. But I would bet it’s mostly getting licensing fees from MFi.

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        I love USBC. I have a 100w charger next to my bed. Normally charges my phone. However I don’t need to fumble for different adapters for my personal and work laptop, I can just charge everything everywhere.

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        USB-C has its own issues with standardization though. Good luck telling if a random USB-C cable supports fast charging (or what level of fast charging). Some don’t even support data transfer, others are lightning quick.

        Don’t get me wrong, I love USB-C and have a ton of high quality cables around my apartment despite being an iPhone user. But it still suffers from the same issue described in this comic. The one thing it solves is unifying the port, everything else is still chaos.

        https://www.androidauthority.com/state-of-usb-c-870996/

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          That comes to the issue of USB as a protocol. That information should be branded on the connector at each end.

          I do miss the days too when the connectors were colour-coded.

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          I just only buy the best 240W USB4 USB-C cables. They have the correct markings on them – “40Gbps” and “240W”. No issues identifying them.