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      That was really weird, actually. Apple was frustrated that the USB consortium wasn’t making progress. So they developed Lightning. Then sent people there to help develop USB-C, when they already had a competing connector…

      They should’ve been more patient, and sent people there directly, before developing a competitor, and adopted USB-C from the start.

      With that move, they isolated themselves and their customers. It’s this arrogant “we’re smarter than anybody else” attitude they show sometimes, that irks a lot of people and end up being detrimental for their image. (And I say this as a long time Apple customer).

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      Also why is it awesome on iPad Pros since years but no good on iPhones? The marketing was always contradicting itself.

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        I’d wager part of it was because of the outrage when they switched from the 30 pin was significant

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        I think they did promise to (it suggest they would?) support the lightning connector for a decade when they changed it from their original big connector.

        I’m not naive enough to think that takes precedence over “money” as an answer, but maybe it was a factor?