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Re:MacBook Pro by TazeTSchnitzel on Friday October 28, 2016 @09:26AM (#12815512)
It's worrying. Apple didn't want to drop Lightning from the iPhone, because it would mean losing control over iOS accessories. But now their iOS and Mac products have incompatible connectors, which can't be easily fixed. I mean, they could go for USB-C on the iPhone 7S, but they just told everyone to switch to Lightning headphones. And Lightning, which is essentially a glorified USB 2.0 port, is a waste of space to add to the next MacBook.

What a mess.

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Re:MacBook Pro by TazeTSchnitzel on Friday October 28, 2016 @12:30PM (#12817744)
One potential solution: ship iPhones with a Lightning-to-USB-C cable with a connected USB-C to USB Type-A adaptor in the box.

This would please everyone, but it'd be expensive.

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