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Re:All About USB-C: Illegal Adapters by fragmede on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @09:14PM (#34156736)
It's a shame Apple won't open up the Lightning connector and let everybody use it. From a physical device connection and hardware failure perspective, it's actually better.
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Re:All About USB-C: Illegal Adapters by pitaj on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @11:48PM (#34157641)
I don't think the lighting port is categorically better than USB-C, even discounting the lesser pin count.
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Re:All About USB-C: Illegal Adapters by f1refly on Wednesday December 28, 2022 @03:08AM (#34158735)
Lightning connectors only have eight pins, the other side of the connector only has the gold plating for looks. The socket is monitoring both sides with flipped pin order, one side is always unconnected. It's a ridiculously wasteful design. I'm glad other companies can't use it.
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