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The EU has finally won this one! (feddit.de)
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[–] SnowdenHeroOfOurTime@unilem.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And? You're actually just accidentally pointing out how fucked up it is that they chose not to implement it on phones.

[–] snowe@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

All that means is that they think certain ports have certain purposes. I don’t think that’s the win you think it is. Why not just have everything be an rj45 port then? Clearly lightning has an advantage in phone ports, as numerous others have listed.

[–] SnowdenHeroOfOurTime@unilem.org -1 points 1 year ago

It has the advantage of making them millions on cables and licenses. Stop pretending that USB wasn't designed to be an all purpose bus with additionally this exact use case in mind. Which apple helped develop.

Simp harder