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The EU has finally won this one! (feddit.de)
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[–] mriguy@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Once USB became the standard their was no real reason to hold onto lightning other than it being proprietary and them wanting to hand hold their users

Other than the fact that they promised when they switched to lightning they wouldn’t change connectors again for a decade.

[–] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

Wow good guy EU, making them hold their word lmao. Lightning came out in 2012, so this would have been the 11th year.