Comment by danpalmer
3 years ago
Not at all. It was an old connector that needed to be replaced. What I'm suggesting is that as a brand with that level of public recognition there is No Good Answer. Every option sucks in some way.
And the same is true again now for USB-C, "just switch to USB-C" is not an answer that sounds good for most people, and Apple is still paying for the bad will from customers from the 30-pin connector transition. The USB-C transition is only going to add to that.
> Apple is still paying for the bad will from customers from the 30-pin connector transition.
No they are not. The only time 30 pin is _ever_ mentioned is in these discussions about USB-C.
That “bad will” was overblown to begin with and everyone has forgotten about it in the 10 years and several billion products sold since.