Apple lightning to HDMI adapter is a computer

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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