Comment by bonestamp2
3 years ago
Yep, Apple probably wanted to switch to USB-C earlier but you can see why they also wouldn't want the backlash. Now, they can switch to USB-C and also blame the regulators when people are mad, so this is kind of win/win for them.
What makes you think they wanted to switch sooner? I get that this gives them cover, but what competitive/cost benefits would they have gained by switching?
> competitive/cost benefits would they have gained by switching?
It would make the rest of their customers happy -- the ones that do want one standard cable. I mean, it's their only computing device that they haven't switched to USB-C yet.
My family is all Apple, and we have precisely one device that charges USB-C to USB-C: an iPad Pro. Everything else is Lightning (4 iPhones, 3 AirPods, 3 iPads), MagSafe (2 MBA/Ps), or micro USB (Beats, wireless keyboard, bike lights). I'm not dreading the transition, but I'm definitely not looking forward to it. If I were 20 years old and just starting to accumulate devices/chargers, I'd probably be more in favor of it. But after a decade-ish of collecting Lightning chargers/cables, I'm not at all eager for the iPhone to become USB-C.
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