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"It means in-house game engine by Apple is inevitable"

If you don't recognize why that doesn't even remotely solve the problem with Unity, I think it's pretty clear you either didn't read the article, or didn't understand it. The appeal of GDEs like Unity, Unreal Engine, or Godot, to developers is they're not platform specific. That's the whole point. That's why they're important. Essential, even. Apple is happy to keep pounding sand with Epic in their petulant quest to always be 'right' (how'd that work out with the eBook lawsuit, Apple?). Godot is promising, particularly in 2D, but it's 3D environment is woeful. That leaves Unity, which already has deep use particularly for iOS and iPadOS assets which are key to Vision Pro's development model.

Now do you understand the problem? Apple doing the equivalent of a DirectX would be beyond useless. Apple is stupid about a great many things, but they're not that stupid.

Japhey said:

Hugely cheaper?

Magical and amazing, it's the best repairable rear iPhone glass panel they've ever made. They think you're going to love how it's hugely cheaper.

Appleish said:

One slips in smoothly and easily without looking (Lightning).

The other you have to line up with a touch of care and usually having to look (USB C).

You folks are going to invent every possible back-of-hand-to-forehead problem with USB-C possible, aren't you? It's an absolute wonder that some of you were ever able to cope with connecting anything before precious Lightning was birthed from Phil Schiller's courageous bosom. 

uffenman said:

You’re spot on….the lightning connector as far as it’s physics is superior to USB-C. It snaps in place and keeps the connection. There’s no good reason phones need anything else. I’m cringing at the thought of not having it. Bowing down to EU demands is senseless and will create a TON OF WASTE. Super lame.

Citpeks hints at a point that is continually lost in conversations like this: Apple is not only a prominent member of the USB IF, it is one of the key members and holds a chair position. Apple was instrumental in the design and engineering of the USB-C connector. It is as much an Apple product as Lightning was, except better in every way that actually matters. The only reason it is not celebrated as such is Not-Invented-Here syndrome bollocks. Evaluated objectively, Lightning served a purpose, its purpose is done, and now it should be supplanted as quickly as possible—as USB-C's connector itself will be some day. This is how technology works. Complaints are nonsensical, you're tilting at windmills. You may as well start complaining about "the boom boom music the kids are listening to these days" next.

Give it a year. I bet those who reacted with the most fear and the loudest histrionics over the Lightning to USB-C transition will have long since upgraded to the New Shiny and forgotten all about their attachment to the false narrative about the USB-C connector's "fragility." Or who knows, maybe this will be the hill that some die on. There are still communities of Mac users trying to keep Classic MacOS machines going, bemoaning the "cancer" of OS X/modern MacOS. They're still bitter and angry, years later. What a way to live.

rob53 said:

This really sucks because USB-C connectors are known to not stay connected. Lightning is just fine for phones, especially because this is a really good connector that actually stays connected. I continue to have issues with USB-C cables staying connected to external storage and my iMac. The connection keeps dropping, even after I tape the connector to the SSD enclosure. Move it a tiny bit and it disconnects. I've never had this problem with Lightning except when the cable has been damaged. It really upsets me that an inferior "standard" is being forced on Apple. Intel has never provided the computer market with a good connector.

All day long I use four different USB-C peripherals with my MacBook Pro: Two SSDs (one commercial, one a blade in a custom case), a JBOD box with two WD Reds, and a USB-C hub/breakout. I also have an iPad Pro M1 that, of course, charges with USB-C, and I also use an external SSD with it in the field or when traveling.

Not once. Not once have I had a cable just "become loose," "fall out," or any other invented non-problem. It all "just works," with equal clarity as Lightning, without being a proprietary, intentionally kneecapped dead-end like Lightning. I can tailor speed, power-delivery, and other metrics, to specific use-cases and budgets, choosing peripherals and cables accordingly.

Do your research, invest in quality cables, manage your connectivity and peripherals like the precision tools they are. Or, you know, don't, and keep moaning about it here in the clubhouse. Lightning is done and buried, as it should've been long ago, and the benefits far outweigh any temporary pain.