Now Apple users can truly flex

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Oh stow it for crying out loud. Lightning was absolutely superior to the alternatives that existed when it came out, which was 13 years ago. It was faster, more robust and easier to use. So technology has evolved. Big deal. How long has USB-C been a thing on mobile phones? Not for 13 years, that's for sure.
But now we get all those edgelords who think it's classy to hate on a perfectly adequate technology. Just get some perspective. Lightning-equipped devices will be sold for at least another year if not more, and will be around for much longer than that. So those cables are neither obsolete nor are they going to disappear in a hurry.
- Apple themselves have been using usb c since 2015 in their laptops. They knew then that it was superior, but would be much harder to sell overpriced accessories for.
  
  Apple used USB C in laptops because of the power requirements.
  I’ve got plenty of lightning accesssories. Only one of those is made by Apple. Lots of cheap 3rd party lighting alternatives available
  
  Every one of those accessories could have been cheaper if apple didn't effectively drm their port through the mfi program.
  
  Odd. Looking at a third party, I tend to buy from a 1m Lightning charging cable is exactly the same cost as a 1m USB C charging cable.
  https://www.juice.co.uk/collections/usb-type-c
  
  A couple things. All the cables there are pretty overpriced imo vs what I can get on Amazon from like cables to go or ugreen. You're also comparing cables with half the conductors of those usb c cables and with higher Guage power cables to hit the higher amperage that usb c allows.
  
  Bottom line - the price difference is negligible to the consumer
  
  Strange how I've had lightning devices since 2012 and never bought one of those 'overpriced accessories'. But I've lost count of all the USB-C-to-something-else adapters I've got floating around.
  
  If you've charged your phone you've paid for their overpriced accessories due to the mfi program. They basically put drm on the charging cable that you either had to pay them licensing for.
  
  Oh, so you mean the cable that was included with my phone was overpriced, and somehow my phone would have been substantially cheaper if it hadn't been for the cable?
- cope

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