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Re:Apple lightning to HDMI adapter is a computer by saagarjha on Monday July 29, 2019 @10:23AM (#20554893)
Discussion from two days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20544564
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Re:Apple lightning to HDMI adapter is a computer by 0x0 on Monday July 29, 2019 @10:36AM (#20555034)
This was also noted in 2013 - https://panic.com/blog/the-lightning-digital-av-adapter-surp...

The anonymous comment is very interesting: https://www.panic.com/blog/2013/03/the-lightning-digital-av-...

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Re:Apple lightning to HDMI adapter is a computer by goda90 on Monday July 29, 2019 @10:19AM (#20554847)
What are the motivations for putting things like Apple Secure Boot in there? It makes me wonder if they someday want to be able to say "this dongle is not Apple approved".
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Re:Apple lightning to HDMI adapter is a computer by slindz on Monday July 29, 2019 @10:31AM (#20554978)
That would not surprise me at all.

I've experienced several third party charging cables that somehow stop working so reliably immediately after an iOS update.

Apple definitely wants as much of the pie as they can get.

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Re:Apple lightning to HDMI adapter is a computer by joezydeco on Monday July 29, 2019 @11:09AM (#20555341)
Or maybe Apple doesn't want to pay warranty claims (or, worse, lawsuits) on stuff that's burned up by cheap third-party power supplies and cables that are millimeters away from a fire at any given moment.

http://www.righto.com/2016/09/why-you-shouldnt-use-cheap-mac...

http://www.righto.com/2012/05/apple-iphone-charger-teardown-...

http://www.righto.com/2012/03/inside-cheap-phone-charger-and...

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Re:Apple lightning to HDMI adapter is a computer by jhthenerd on Monday July 29, 2019 @10:36AM (#20555026)
Don't they already do that? Apple used a chip in official and licensed lightning cables, and ones that didn't have the chip would prompt iDevices to say that the cable isn't Mfi certified.
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Re:Apple lightning to HDMI adapter is a computer by agumonkey on Monday July 29, 2019 @10:19AM (#20554836)
similarly your hdd controller was a computer

technically, these days, anything larger than a usb wire can be a computer

smalltalk crossed the physical barrier

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Re:Apple lightning to HDMI adapter is a computer by wlesieutre on Monday July 29, 2019 @10:35AM (#20555013)
>technically, these days, anything larger than a usb wire can be a computer

USB wires too: https://twitter.com/kevinmitnick/status/1031662197422710784?...

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Re:Apple lightning to HDMI adapter is a computer by jedimastert on Monday July 29, 2019 @12:09PM (#20556073)
You know, I've wondered about this exact attack. Also from wallwarts that plug into USB-C ports.

shudders

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Re:Apple lightning to HDMI adapter is a computer by zakki on Monday July 29, 2019 @09:41AM (#20554472)
Priced at $50 it has terrible quality.
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Re:Apple lightning to HDMI adapter is a computer by mzkply on Monday July 29, 2019 @10:15AM (#20554800)
So... any idea why it's so bad?
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Re:Apple lightning to HDMI adapter is a computer by rythie on Monday July 29, 2019 @10:30AM (#20554974)
The main reason is probably that 1080p30 is 1580 MBits and USB2 is only 480 MBits, so it has to do decompression.
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Re:Apple lightning to HDMI adapter is a computer by mzkply on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @12:03PM (#20566182)
Can you explain why you mention USB? It's Lightning to HDMI...
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Re:Apple lightning to HDMI adapter is a computer by dpflan on Monday July 29, 2019 @10:27AM (#20554937)
I think the title needs an edit: "lighting" should be "lightning".
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Re:Apple lightning to HDMI adapter is a computer by skykooler on Monday July 29, 2019 @10:33AM (#20555003)
Thanks, I was wondering if Apple was making a competitor to Hue bulbs.
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Re:Apple lightning to HDMI adapter is a computer by dpflan on Monday July 29, 2019 @10:43AM (#20555087)
Agreed, I was initially confused too.
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Re:Apple lightning to HDMI adapter is a computer by sctb on Monday July 29, 2019 @10:43AM (#20555088)
Updated. Thanks!
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