• LinuxSBC@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    So they figured out that a $130 Thunderbolt 4 100W E-marker cable is better designed than a $10 USB 2 60W cable? I think they should have looked at a cheaper high-end cable, like a 240W Thunderbolt 4 cable, to see how a comparable one compares.

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      9 months ago

      This was my gripe with the write up as well. Like everybody, I’m interested in the least expensive option with similar features to the $130 option. Surely there’s something in the $20-30 range they could’ve studied?

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    8 months ago

    I wish they tested some other high quality but not as expensive cables against apple’s instead of the total junk ones. Baseus or something.

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      9 months ago

      You do know that Apple was involved in the development of USB-C (about a quarter of the people working on it were from Apple) and was one of the first companies to put USB-C on a laptop (in 2015) ?

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        9 months ago

        So what? They didn’t implement the port on the iPhone until recently. When did USB-C come out again? …

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            9 months ago

            Oh right, i forgot Mac’s are primarily used for making phone calls, texts, are kept in pockets when traveling, and USB-C is mainstream now so charging is a breeze, but screw iphones ami’rite?

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              9 months ago

              What does making phone calls have to do with anything?

              And who even uses a cable to charge their phone? I can’t remember the last time I used a cable to charge my phone, it’s probably years ago.

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                9 months ago

                Come on man. The talk has always been about apple not implementing the industry standard charging port on their phones. It goes back to the 30 pin days. They just want to make proprietary items for mad profits and milk it until all sheeps wake up.

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                  9 months ago

                  Both the 30 pin connector and Lightning were much more capable than the ‘industry standard’ at the time they were introduced.

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          9 months ago

          I remember it being fully implemented on my MacBook. What exactly was missing?

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              9 months ago

              True, because they already had a better connector for that specific use-case. But USB-C and Thunderbolt have been implemented on MacBooks for ages.