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jesusfreak said:

Why is it we can't reproduce this infrastructure?   It seems like it is more a matter of will, then not being able to do it?

Are you a parent? If so, ask your children: Do they aspire to work in a factory—a very modern and clean factory, but still a factory—doing highly repetitive, detail-oriented engineering assembly work that requires specific trade education, for 12 hour shifts, and living in factory-housing along with tens of thousands of other employees? 

The answer to that is why there is zero chance of skilled tech assembly ever coming to the U.S. beyond performative efforts like the TSMC plant in Arizona and little dog and pony shows like Apple building low-volume Mac models in Texas. We would need an entire generation of young adults to opt into that career path to make specialized manufacturing viable.

This may be semantics, but it's not really "native" support. Access will be via Safari, not via a native app, with all the implied limitations as a result. It's not a lot different than how you're able to use any one of a number of game streaming services on the iPad already. 

rob53 said:

So your amphetamine of choice is caffeine. Too much caffeine is what's ruining this country. Drinking way too much caffeinated coffee is destructive to your body and your brain. Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah….

JFC, don’t be such an insufferable old woman. 

mike1 said:

It was inevitable, but hopefully, nobody is going to "rejoice" because a connector changes.

Sorry/Not Sorry. I'm delighted that Lightning is finally in its death throes, although I save the idea of "rejoicing" to the broader goal of Apple finally being cured of their proprietary connector fetish. From NuBus to ADB to ADC to Micro-DVI to the 30-pin connector to Lightning and everything in-between. 30+ years of annoyances, adopted then abandoned as it suited them.