Re:EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024
by frosted-flakes on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @12:56PM
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Except if Apple voluntarily made iPhones that charged over USB-C, most people would rejoice, because most people already have loads of USB-C chargers for all of their other electronic devices.
I genuinely believe that there’s only one real reason Apple resisted moving away from Lightning:
They saw the writing on the wall from the EU over the last few years, and - remembering the way people lost their minds over the switch from 40-pin to Lightning (“it’s a money grab! they want me to replace all of my accessories!”) - chose to wait so they’d have someone to deflect blame to.
Licensing revenue from Lightning MFi is a drop in the bucket. I’m not a manufacturing operations expert, but I have to imagine that the simplification of supply chains alone will nearly offset that loss over time.