• dunestorm@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    It’s an uphill battle, why would Apple bother when just using USB-C makes sense and saves them their lawyers sanity?

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      9 months ago

      Money.

      Now that USB-C is the required cable, people can go out and buy any cheap cable they want. The law turned a proprietary cash cow into a low return commodity item.