Apple forced to ditch lightning charger in new iPhone
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Apple confirms new iPhone 15 will have a common USB-C charging port after EU forces it into the change.

Apple forced to ditch iPhone lightning charger::Apple confirms new iPhone 15 will have a common USB-C charging port after EU forces it into the change.

  • Graphine@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    I’ll say this. For how much shit Steve Jobs gets, regardless of his personal life, he would never allow this shit to happen. That crazy bastard is responsible for getting rid of the floppy drive and pushing the industry towards USB 1.0 because he believed enough in it. That we would benefit.

    You can find old forum posts of the original iMac launch and see how surprised and somewhat upset people are at this revelation. Now look where we are.

    • asudox@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      Pushed the industry towards USB before inevitably abandoning it for their proprietary lightning charger.

      • Graphine@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        You do realize lightning was conceptualized AFTER his death?

        Not only that, but the industry standard at the time was Micro USB. So either a really good, reversible charger for the time, or a piece of shit cable that dies after 4 months. Take your pick.