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  • New iPad requires USB-C Apple Pencil adapter for pairing & charging

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    If they'd adopted an actual standard years ago, we wouldn't have to be in dongle nightmare today. 
    And no wireless charging is just an ridiculously bad user experience. A pen sticking out the port... pfffff....
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  • iPadOS 16.1 expected to arrive near the end of October

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    Unfortunately, I find the iPad to be too expensive when paired with a decent keyboard compared to their laptops.
    iOS16 to me is the first operating system that actually brings productivity features that was was lacking for power users. 
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  • Apple's AirPods and Mac accessories could gain USB-C by 2024

    CheeseFreezeCheeseFreeze
    Wireless charging isn’t that good for the battery - it generates more heat. A wireless charger uses more power to completely charge a smartphone than a cable does.
    So if they choose to remove a connector altogether, it only further validated their “sustainability” is just another marketing move.
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  • USB-C on iPhone is good - but not as an excuse for a bad law

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    Mike Wuerthele said:
    CheeseFreeze said:
    This is a disappointing article.

    Let’s just start with the simple truth: a tech behemoth is STILL using an ancient standard they once invented that is slow and forces us to deal with many cables, and refuses to change.

    Even this behemoth is using both standards throughout their own product portfolio for several years now. It’s highly inconsistent. Their new AirPods Pro still have the lighting cable. Their iPads: USB-C. Why? Why??? The argument of “more e-waste short-term” is a moot point since it’s already the case today - Apple designed it.

    Secondly, there is nothing that prohibits the EU from amending their own laws with the acceptance of a future standard, granted they actually ARE a new standard (not another propriety AppleConnector 2.0 or SamsungSpeedyCable).

    EU was very slow with this law - it took years and years. Apple had even more time to prepare for the inevitable seeing this law being drafted. If they were truly innovative in this respect, they would have abandoned Lightning years ago for a true standard. Instead their arrogance and priority to keep a profitable business around cables alive kept them on this course (sustainable company my ass - that’s just marketing).

    And what about this pretentious introduction in respect to the EU. The author has clearly no understanding because it dramatizes this topic so much that it apparently needs to emphasize the EU is “political bureaucracy”. It’s so juvenile.
    The author was in the EU for a while, so I'm pretty sure he has a good idea how it works.
    I was in the US ‘for a while’ - and I can’t claim I know “how it works”. 
    mazda 3swilliamlondon

  • USB-C on iPhone is good - but not as an excuse for a bad law

    CheeseFreezeCheeseFreeze
    This is a disappointing article.

    Let’s just start with the simple truth: a tech behemoth is STILL using an ancient standard they once invented that is slow and forces us to deal with many cables, and refuses to change.

    Even more so, this behemoth is using both standards throughout their own product portfolio for several years now. It’s highly inconsistent. Their new AirPods Pro still have the lighting cable. Their iPads: USB-C. Why? Why??? The argument of “more e-waste short-term” is a moot point since it’s already the case today - Apple designed it.

    Secondly, there is nothing that prevents the EU from amending their own laws with the acceptance of a future standard, granted it actually IS a new standard (not another propriety AppleConnector or SamsungSpeedyCable).

    EU was very slow with this law - it took years and years. Apple had even more time to prepare for the inevitable, seeing this law being drafted. If they were truly innovative in this respect (because they argue it blocks innovation, right?), they would have abandoned Lightning years ago for a true standard or join a consortium for the USB-C follow-up. 
    Instead, their arrogance and priority to keep a profitable business around cables alive kept them on this course. Sustainable products my ass - that’s just marketing. 

    And what about this pretentious introduction in respect to the EU? The author has clearly no understanding because it dramatizes this topic so much that it apparently needs to emphasize the EU is “political bureaucracy”. Even if that’s true, it’s so juvenile in how it’s worded.
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