Re:Apple cuts Tim Cook's pay 15% for missing sales goals
by delecti on Friday January 06, 2017 @04:03PM
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Most of those cables are "stationary" though (quotes because your car moves). And a stationary cable isn't that much hassle or friction.
I have a cable that never moves from my bedside, it plugs my Pixel C-to-C into the brick. I have C-to-A cables at my desk at work and at home, neither moves. Your car's C-to-A cable (presumably) doesn't leave your car.
The move to C on the host end is something that hasn't happened recently (not since A took off >10 years ago), but the move to C on the device-end is comparable to the move to the original 30-pin i-device cable, Mini/Micro-USB, or Lightning. It's obnoxious but inevitable.
Re:Apple cuts Tim Cook's pay 15% for missing sales goals
by seanp2k2 on Friday January 06, 2017 @03:44PM
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But don't worry, in 5 years it'll be ubiquitous, like USB-A is now! You'll see it on planes, busses, hotel room USB outlets...all those places which now have USB-A with 500ma charging which are now obsolete. The hotel alarm clocks with 30-pin connectors are especially hilarious to me, since they're "new" but already obsolete. It's still not reasonable in 2017 to travel and forget your charger, and it'll get worse (again) before getting better.
It seem some friction to be inevitable when new physical connector is introduced.