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[-] DMNC1998@lemmy.world 110 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[-] LOLjoeWTF@lemmy.world 47 points 1 year ago

This was a crucial step in Apple's journey into becoming a trillion dollar company. Dongles.

[-] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.sdf.org 25 points 1 year ago

Holy fuck I thought this was a joke

[-] JCreazy@midwest.social 15 points 1 year ago

Wouldn't that be a Lightning to USB C adapter? That naming doesn't make sense.

[-] 1couchpotato@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 year ago

The usb-c is at the top in the picture so I'll have to disagree with you

[-] BucketHat@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Wait doesn't that mean it's a Lightning to USB C if the top is USB-C and the bottom is Lightning?

[-] LameName3000@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

No, the USB-C port becomes a Lightning port.

[-] MBM@lemmings.world 1 points 1 year ago

The way I think about adapters is that you have a Lightning cable and attach the adapter so it turns into an USB-C cable. I guess you can also think about adapting the port. Wild.

[-] TrustingZebra@lemmy.one 12 points 1 year ago

Who is this for? Looking at the Apple Store, they sell an official USB-C cable for less ($19, but you can obviously find good quality third-party cables for much less).

[-] JCreazy@midwest.social 11 points 1 year ago

This is 100% made for uninformed people in how that insurance will make money.

[-] debunker@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

People who have accessories with a lightning adapter probably. Speakers, docks, etc.

Alternatively the adapter might be a cheaper option for third party cables that aren’t usb-c or usb-a on the other side of the cable.

[-] TrustingZebra@lemmy.one 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

People who have accessories with a lightning adapter probably. Speakers, docks, etc.

Are those common? I don't think I've ever even seen a speaker with a built-in Lightning dock.

I remember these iPod docks were very common at the time of the 30-pin connector. However by the time Lightning came around wireless audio became more commonplace with Bluetooth, AirPlay and other related technologies (CarPlay, smart speakers etc.)

[-] debunker@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Not in the last couple of years, but 11 years ago when it was introduced, probably.

Airplay was already around when the 30 pin connecter was still there, and they were also popular back then. I remember using a 30 pin connecter speaker with a 30 pin to lightning connecter also because it could charge my phone at the same time.

Realistically, the market for such accessories is likely fairly limited, but that in the end also results in a higher price (no scale in the market after all).

[-] dpkonofa@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

People blindly jumping on the USB-C wagon are completely forgetting how much money people spend on accessories that still work perfectly fine…

[-] suction@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

And they can use their current phones with them, no? No one is forced to upgrade - they can easily buy another lightning-having iPhone when their current one croaks and should be safe for the next 20 years (buying used iPhones) if their stupid accessories are so gd important

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago

People so engraved into the Apple Ecosystem, they only have lightning cables/devices and not a single usb-c cable

[-] ubermeisters@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

No, what you don't understand here though is those wires are special and some are connected a little different and stuff

[-] newIdentity@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

It's probably for accessories

I can get an usb c cable cheaper than that

[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

We all know about monoprice it’s cool

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