Apple’s Lightning port is about making cash
 

Tame Apple Press is now defending the indefensible

The Tame Apple press has its knickers in a twist over the EU daring to tell its favourite phone company to replace the lightning port with USB-C cables.

The EU wants to standardise cables so that there is less eWaste and people only need to own one recharger. Apple wants to continue to sting its customers for shedloads of money and you can see why the tech press is confused.

Daring Fireball’s John Gruber said: “In 15 generations of iPhones, Apple has changed the connector once. And that one time was a clear win in every single regard. Changing from Lightning to USB-C is not so clearly an upgrade at all. Instead, it's a sidestep."

In doing so he revealed the weakness of the logic that the TAPs uses to let Apple off. Basically, if it is good for Apple then it must be a good technology move.

In fact, Lightning ports have no significant technology advantage over USB-C other than the fact that they require punters to buy a “unique” Apple charger. The fact that Apple could change the port and no one would be any the wiser is telling.

As the Verge pointed out the only thing that Apple would lose is the revenue from every Lightning cable and accessory that works with the iPhone, Apple-made or not -- along with the control it has over what kinds of hardware does (or doesn't) get to exist for the iPhone and which companies get to make them.

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