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Re:Addressing Spotify’s Claims by parthdesai on Friday March 15, 2019 @12:17PM (#19401049)
>Apart from Lightning, which was created when no better alternative existed

Gotcha, then why does new iPhone not have USB-C while new MacBooks only have USB-C?

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Re:Addressing Spotify’s Claims by lemoncucumber on Friday March 15, 2019 @02:40PM (#19402821)
According to wikipedia, the USB-C spec was finalized in 2014, while lighting was introduced in 2012. So GP's point was correct that USB-C was not an option when lightning was created.

As far as whether Apple should now migrate from lightning to USB-C, that's a separate question with tradeoffs on both sides.

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Re:Addressing Spotify’s Claims by parthdesai on Friday March 15, 2019 @03:01PM (#19403028)
I clearly mention new iPhones, don't i?
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Re:Addressing Spotify’s Claims by lemoncucumber on Saturday March 16, 2019 @04:32PM (#19410088)
Yes, and I clearly mention that changing connectors again has different trade offs than if they’d been able to go straight to USB-C in the first place, don’t I?
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Re:Addressing Spotify’s Claims by sbuk on Friday March 15, 2019 @01:57PM (#19402349)
Apart from Lightning...
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Re:Addressing Spotify’s Claims by parthdesai on Friday March 15, 2019 @02:18PM (#19402588)
>Apart from Lightning, which was created when no better alternative existed...

There is a better universal alternative out there today and yet they continue to use Lightning port in iPhones.

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Re:Addressing Spotify’s Claims by sbuk on Friday March 15, 2019 @04:07PM (#19403721)
Do you not remember the caterwauling the last time they dared change the port on the iPhone/iPad?
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