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   From: usenet.tweed@gmail.com   
      
   Bill Powell  wrote:   
   > Apple should be able to make any connector it wants to make.   
   > Even one which is designed specifically to prevent interaction.   
   >   
   > If people would just stick only to Apple products, they'd be fine   
   > as there's no need for interoperability if you buy only Apple product.   
   >   
   > As Tim Cook openly said, "Buy your mom an iPhone" if you want your device   
   > to work with another company's products. It's all Apple around here.   
   >   
   > So it shouldn't matter if nobody else uses Apple's connector.   
   > It's a free and openly competitive world market, isn't it?   
   >   
      
   Thing is, Apple didn’t even have inter operability between its own   
   products. MacBooks have had USB-C for years (you can’t push enough power   
   through a Lightning connector) So you couldn’t use your Mac charger to   
   charge your Lightning connector iPhone or iPad or ear phones. Now you can.   
   I’d understand reluctance to move to usb-c if there were any significant   
   technical downsides, but I can’t see any. It supports a wider range of   
   charge voltages than Lightning, has a more robust connector, (though some   
   disagree about this) and supports a much wider range of protocols including   
   high speed video. Lightning was a much better technical and mechanical   
   solution than micro USB, but it is now technically and commercially   
   obsolete.   
      
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