Mozilla is “extremely disappointed.”
  • Isoprenoid@programming.devEnglish
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    11 months ago

    To be fair, USB-C didn’t exist when Lightning was introduced

    Hmm, I wonder why that was?

    Lightning is a proprietary computer bus and power connector, created and designed by Apple Inc. It was introduced on September 12, 2012

    Design for the USB-C connector was initially developed in 2012 by Apple Inc. and Intel.

    So Apple helped develop USB-C but failed to integrate it into their products for a decade. Now, why would they do that?

    Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_(connector)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB-C

    • BURN@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Because it’s not a superior connector. Lightning is better as a purely charging port. It’s less fragile and doesn’t have a million competing implementations. One of the most frustrating things about USB-C is you can’t be sure if a cable is actually going to work.