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StuffYouFear@lemmy.world 1 week agoThey may be talking about micro usb 3.0 that was basically usb-c before the physical plug was developed. It was a micro usb with a really stupid additional plug bonded to it to make it high power and I think gave extra data lanes. Lighting plug was probably apples counter to that ungodly sin upto the tech universe. en.wikipedia.org/…/File:Connector_USB_3_IMGP6033_…
Footer1998@crazypeople.online 1 week ago
yeah i have an external ssd that uses that weird clamshell connector, you can actually just plug in a regular micro B and it works with usb 2.0 speeds
lightning was basically a better version of the micro-b connector, it debuted with the iPhone 5 in 2012, it had a few advantages over micro-B including a reversible connector. back when it came out apple users complained because all the accessories used the old 30-pin connector so they weren’t compatible, so apple pledged to not change the iPhone connector again for a long time, iirc 10 years? i think that’s why iPhones were still using lightning until 2023 despite having usb C on the macbook since 2016
rabidhamster@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
Yeah, the hate on lightning kinda reminds me of the hate on FireWire. It’s like, the only alternative at the time was USB 1.0, which was 8mbs. Even in the late 00s, that could have meant hours to sync your phone.