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Comment by throwaway434814

3 years ago

>> existing industry standards appear to suffice

>reminder: lightning came first

Lightning was never a standard.

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paulmd  3 years ago

> Lightning was never a standard.

Yes, it is.

DisplayPort is a standard too. So is HDMI. They're not USB-IF standards, but they're a standard. And there can exist more than one organization promulgating standards in an area, sometimes even (gasp!) private, closed, for-profit ones (like HDMI). Like HDMI is so closed and proprietary you can't even implement HDMI 2.1 on linux lol, it's still a standard.

If you want to make a HDMI cable, or have HDMI on your device, step 1 is opening up your checkbook and writing a big fat check to the single, private, for-profit company who controls that standard. Just like Belkin, OWC, Sonnet, etc all license Lightning from Apple. Still a standard, even if you don't like the licensing terms.

Also, post on your main, you coward. Like did you literally spin up a throwaway to post edgy one-liners about fucking USB lmao

  • throwaway434814  3 years ago

    "A de facto standard is a custom or convention that has achieved a dominant position by public acceptance or market forces"

    I think we were using the word standard to mean something different here, I apologize.

    Going back to your argument, the reasons I typically see push for USB-C connectors are generally not technical and more about USB-C being _the_ standard connector and cutting down on e-waste.