Re:Apple Lightning
by jrockway on Thursday July 02, 2020 @08:23AM
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While you might only use Lightning for charging, it is an accessory port. It can transmit data to computers, it can talk to SD cards, it can output HDMI.
You could argue you that you don't need any of those features, but Apple disagrees and that's why lightning is not just a 5V DC jack.
Re:Apple Lightning
by alkonaut on Thursday July 02, 2020 @11:40AM
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My argument (or question) isn't that Lightning is useless or that I don't need it, but that charging shouldn't require a lot of complex communication. I don't understand what it is about charging that requires both ends to have microcontrollers
You could argue you that you don't need any of those features, but Apple disagrees and that's why lightning is not just a 5V DC jack.