Re:Newest MacBook Pro is the first MacBook not recommended b...
by manarth on Friday December 23, 2016 @06:33PM
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> "they prioritized standardizing the connector but not the rest of the details"
In this case, "they" are the "USB Implementors Forum (USB-IF)" [1], rather than Apple. It's the USB-IF who agreed the standardisation of spec, but permitted the potential for "alternative mode".
Apple might have taken advantage of it, but it's the USB-IF who decided to make the standard rather more variable.
Apple might have taken advantage of it, but it's the USB-IF who decided to make the standard rather more variable.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_Implementers_Forum