Re:Apple lightning to HDMI adapter is a computer
by joezydeco on Monday July 29, 2019 @11:09AM
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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...
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.