• Perfide@reddthat.com
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    1 year ago

    I don’t see why we couldn’t still use Lightning cables for old devices the same way as we can use micro-usb cables

    Because Lightning is proprietary. There are no old devices outside of Apple’s ecosystem that use Lightning.

    Fucking everything uses/used micro usb. Flashlights, controllers, vapes, Rokus, etc… basically any consumer electronic you can think of had a version using micro usb on it for something at some point.

    • Kuolematon@sopuli.xyz
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      1 year ago

      But Apple has alone sold a billion devices using Lightning. Many of those devices will likely remain usable for years.