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Apple forced to ditch iPhone lightning charger (www.bbc.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Apple forced to ditch iPhone lightning charger::Apple confirms new iPhone 15 will have a common USB-C charging port after EU forces it into the change.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'll say this. For how much shit Steve Jobs gets, regardless of his personal life, he would never allow this shit to happen. That crazy bastard is responsible for getting rid of the floppy drive and pushing the industry towards USB 1.0 because he believed enough in it. That we would benefit.

You can find old forum posts of the original iMac launch and see how surprised and somewhat upset people are at this revelation. Now look where we are.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Pushed the industry towards USB before inevitably abandoning it for their proprietary lightning charger.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You do realize lightning was conceptualized AFTER his death?

Not only that, but the industry standard at the time was Micro USB. So either a really good, reversible charger for the time, or a piece of shit cable that dies after 4 months. Take your pick.