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| bd139:
Not sure what all the fuss is about with Apple and USB-C. They've had USB-C on nearly everything other than the iPhone and the shit iPads for years. They even contributed to the USB-C standards in the first place. My Apple monitor plugs into my MacBook with USB-C. It's got USB-C holes all over it. Same with the iPad. This was coming, EU or not. Dunno why it took so long but it wasn't because they wanted to sell cables and accessories because 99% of people just buy the shit ones from wherever so they're not exactly getting huge revenue out of it and accessories. This wasn't really a win as such just a boring inevitability. One I'm glad of but you know, it's well, boring. Lots of people like to get upset about things though. Ironically now I've got a large box of perfectly good lightning cables which will inevitably end up in the bin. Any thoughts on that? |
| ataradov:
--- Quote from: bd139 on September 13, 2023, 08:44:53 pm ---Any thoughts on that? --- End quote --- They would end up in a bin sooner or later no matter what. But now you will not have new cables that would have to go to the bin. Practically, it probably does not matter, since I expect majority of people to have more cables than devices anyway. It is good to have a universal standard. |
| bd139:
--- Quote from: ataradov on September 13, 2023, 08:57:57 pm ---It is good to have a universal standard. --- End quote --- It is indeed. I'm not convinced it's that universal or reliable standard though! Case in point, I have £4000 worth of Dell Precision 7670 here that won't charge off USB-C at all in any capacity with any cable I have tried including proper expensive 100W charging cables. Charging it off a Dell dock works sometimes, at the cost of blowing up a £350 dock every 3 months. And it has three USB-C ports with different capabilities so you need to know and understand what they are before you choose what to plug your stuff into! Same is true with the Pixel 6A I was using. Sometimes it charges, sometimes it doesn't. Then there's the Dell P2423DE monitor which is, depending on the weather, sometimes a monitor and sometimes a USB hub depending on how many times you replug the USB-C feed. Also it's a bit of a gamble as to what transfer speed you're getting depending on a combination of the cable, vendors, software, planetary alignment etc. I'm not even going to start on the 300 seat office hotdesking with USB-C shit show we have at work... The end game is if you buy all your devices from one vendor and use their cables, everything works as intended. Apple. Hmm. Not very universal! Of course the outcome here will be to introduce something called USB-D at some point in the future which will replace this fucked up mess with another one designed by committee. I await throwing away all our standardised cables again in the future. There were no winners. Edit: worth noting this is a better situation than we were in but it's still a shit show! :-DD |
| SiliconWizard:
--- Quote from: bd139 on September 13, 2023, 08:44:53 pm ---Ironically now I've got a large box of perfectly good lightning cables which will inevitably end up in the bin. Any thoughts on that? --- End quote --- Yeah, that's "collateral damage" as they say. :-DD |
| tszaboo:
--- Quote from: bd139 on September 13, 2023, 08:44:53 pm ---Ironically now I've got a large box of perfectly good lightning cables which will inevitably end up in the bin. Any thoughts on that? --- End quote --- Use it to charge your perfectly good phone? :-// It's not like your phone changed it's port overnight. |
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