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Re:The impossible dream of USB-C by iwintermute on Sunday October 15, 2017 @11:04AM (#15477385)
I can't understand why they won't do it.
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Re:The impossible dream of USB-C by narrowtux on Sunday October 15, 2017 @12:18PM (#15477778)
I think 2 reasons:

1. They already have a lot of accessories for lightning and they would kinda lose that sweet 30 % MFi for 3rd party lightning accessories

2. A lot of people who don't know why USB C is great will probably bitch about how Apple is changing the port on the iPhone _again_, like they did when they switched from 30 pin to lightning. Could be a PR nightmare

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Re:The impossible dream of USB-C by iwintermute on Sunday October 15, 2017 @03:53PM (#15478949)
No PR nightmare is bigger than loss of headphone jack - I imagine lot of people had great and expensive headphones that are no longer usable directly. Apple seems to survived that.
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