Are you telling me that an 11 year old connector doesn’t hold up to midern standards? Obviously, i meant if it also would get updates, there are also USB-C cabels that are technically inferior to modern cables.
So basically you would want every device to use a nonexistent updated lightning just because “it feels better”? Are you aware that lightning is a proprietary connector?
Additionally, USB-C debuted only two years later than lightning, so age is no excuse here.
Additionally, USB-C debuted only two years later than lightning, so age is no excuse here.
but then please also compare 2014 USB-C to Lightning and not 2024 USB-C > youre also not comparing Mini-B (from 1998 with USB 1.1) to USB-A (from 2017 with USB 3.2) you have to stay in the same time period if you wanna make a fair comparison since I am talking about it connector itself.
just because “it feels better”?
yes, it fells better because it has way tighter tolerances > USB-C can be everything from the nicest feeling connector if you’re lucky and get the perfect cable+connector to the wabblyest mess that barely holds the cable if you’re unlucky.
And it only gets worse over time because the connection of USB-C is purely based on friction (which wears out over time) and lightning uses friction + it “snaps into place” with its grooves on the sides.
Another thing I’ve noticed (since I carry around both my private Android phone (with USB-C) and an iPhone for work) is that the lint build up on USB-C is way higher then on lightning and cleaning it is a bit more annoying because of its “weird” choice of design that both the connector and the cable are both male and female (obviously only a problem on phones or other devices you carry around with you)
Are you aware that lightning is a proprietary connector?
yes, but that doesn’t mean that I cant believe that its the superior connector (not used USB standard), to give you another example: I believe that Apples HomeKit is currently the best Smart Home standard for an average person (Matter is in theory better but it was more of a paper launch so we will see how many companies actually support it) simply because all devices are required to work without a server or internet connection and before anyone says anything, yes Home Assistant is also great but can require a lot of tinkering + some kind of server (like a raspberry pi) so I would more put it in a enthusiast grade tier and not average consumer.
So basically you would want every device to use a nonexistent updated lightning
actually no, the “one connector for everything” dream is great and I would love it to be true but we are at a point (and I don’t see it becoming any better in the future) where yes we have one connector for most things but the cables are such a hot mess where you have no idea if the cable can actually do what you want it to do because USB-C can be everything from USB 2.0 to USB4 v2.0 (without the need to comply with everything that is in the spec), Thunderbolt 4 or even a power only cable without any easy way to differentiate them.
Are you telling me that an 11 year old connector doesn’t hold up to midern standards? Obviously, i meant if it also would get updates, there are also USB-C cabels that are technically inferior to modern cables.
So basically you would want every device to use a nonexistent updated lightning just because “it feels better”? Are you aware that lightning is a proprietary connector?
Additionally, USB-C debuted only two years later than lightning, so age is no excuse here.
but then please also compare 2014 USB-C to Lightning and not 2024 USB-C > youre also not comparing Mini-B (from 1998 with USB 1.1) to USB-A (from 2017 with USB 3.2) you have to stay in the same time period if you wanna make a fair comparison since I am talking about it connector itself.
yes, it fells better because it has way tighter tolerances > USB-C can be everything from the nicest feeling connector if you’re lucky and get the perfect cable+connector to the wabblyest mess that barely holds the cable if you’re unlucky. And it only gets worse over time because the connection of USB-C is purely based on friction (which wears out over time) and lightning uses friction + it “snaps into place” with its grooves on the sides. Another thing I’ve noticed (since I carry around both my private Android phone (with USB-C) and an iPhone for work) is that the lint build up on USB-C is way higher then on lightning and cleaning it is a bit more annoying because of its “weird” choice of design that both the connector and the cable are both male and female (obviously only a problem on phones or other devices you carry around with you)
yes, but that doesn’t mean that I cant believe that its the superior connector (not used USB standard), to give you another example: I believe that Apples HomeKit is currently the best Smart Home standard for an average person (Matter is in theory better but it was more of a paper launch so we will see how many companies actually support it) simply because all devices are required to work without a server or internet connection and before anyone says anything, yes Home Assistant is also great but can require a lot of tinkering + some kind of server (like a raspberry pi) so I would more put it in a enthusiast grade tier and not average consumer.
actually no, the “one connector for everything” dream is great and I would love it to be true but we are at a point (and I don’t see it becoming any better in the future) where yes we have one connector for most things but the cables are such a hot mess where you have no idea if the cable can actually do what you want it to do because USB-C can be everything from USB 2.0 to USB4 v2.0 (without the need to comply with everything that is in the spec), Thunderbolt 4 or even a power only cable without any easy way to differentiate them.