if apple were truly imposing USB-C as the "one cable" it would be less frustrating. it's crazy that still, three years after the macbook pro switched to all usb-c, if you go to the apple store and buy a brand new iPhone and a brand new mac, you need an aftermarket cable to connect the two.

Aftermarket means it was supplied by an accessory manufacturer and not the original equipment manufacturer, generally without the OEM's blessing. It's really more of a car term than a computer term.

No you don't -- apple sells a cable with lighting on one end and type c on the other end. I have one.

Given that the new iPad has type C I assume that's the future for iPhones as well.

maybe i used the wrong word, does aftermarket not mean you have to buy it separately from the actual product?

I think it's often used to indicate third-party products.

>you need an aftermarket cable to connect the two.

or you can connect wirelessly.

>you need an aftermarket cable to connect the two.

You don't need a cable at all, because they connect over AirDrop.

>> It's getting better every year, as peripherals and other devices switch over to USB-C.

Speaking for normal people, though, how often do they turn over their devices and peripherals?

When I bought my laptop over a year ago, I made sure it had USB-C/TB3 from a future-proofing perspective, but I have yet to actually buy any device that connects to it via USB-C, and I don't foresee myself buying many either. On the other hand, I still have a ton of older devices that are USB-A that I still use.

Even when it comes to USB keys, I still prefer USB-A, because it's more than likely that I'll need to connect it to a device that doesn't have USB-C.

I do have some mobile devices that charge by USB-C like my phone, but I still charge them off of USB-A power sources.

Normal people don't plug shit into their computers. Neither do I, for that matter.

He's crude, but he's not wrong. 90% of the market will never use more than one USB-C port. And even then, almost exclusively for charging.

1. power in 2. audio out