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Re:Apple Says iPhones Will Switch over to USB-C Chargers to ... by stop50 on Thursday October 27, 2022 @02:36PM (#33361981)
Lightning is a trademark. As far as i know you can't make a lightning cable an sell it as one without paying apple
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Re:Apple Says iPhones Will Switch over to USB-C Chargers to ... by scarface74 on Thursday October 27, 2022 @02:46PM (#33362138)
Why is this even an argument? Lightning is not something obscure. You can go on Amazon now and find hundreds of cables that are not “MFI certified”. You can’t believe all of these Chinese cables are bothering with certification.

I have a few of these:

https://a.co/d/4tSBBdi

And these

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B092ZT8CJ9?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_shar...

Not a certification anywhere.

I’ve replaced all of my regular Lightning cables with these

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