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Apple proposing standards is ridiculous.

They only care about standards when they're basically forced to adopt/support them, or they're their own.

These are the same guys that:

- use lightning instead of mini USB

- removed the headphone jack

- are creating yet another proprietary connector for accessories

- don't allow their OS on third-party hardware

- only allow developing for iOS from macOS

- only allow apps on iOS if you install from the App Store

- only allow their own browser engine on iOS

- etc.

Everyone wants their own standard to be the standard, if they really cared about it they would contribute to Vulkan and create WebVulkan.

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I'm disappointed that I had to scroll this far down to get to the real heart of the matter - Apple removing the headphone jack!

Apple’s “new” UAC port wasn’t made by Apple, and it isn’t new https://arstechnica.com/apple/2017/02/no-apple-isnt-developi...

Eh? Seems you're _both_ wrong according to an Ars commenter[1]:

“It seems many people are missing the point of this. 3rd party cable makers want to make certified cables that are Lightning to UAC port so people can plug in iPhones and iPads into cameras that use these ports. Apple isn't wanting to use this port, it is the cable manufacturers wanting to make adapter cables to plug more things into iPhones and iPads.”

[1] https://arstechnica.com/apple/2017/02/no-apple-isnt-developi...

This should be the top comment. Apple has no ground to stand on on this. Their self-serving intentions are plainly clear.

> use lightning instead of mini USB

mini usb? http://phandroid.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06... I'm assuming you mean USB-C, which was developed after Lightning with a push from Apple (they contributed more engineers to the USB-C spec team than any consumer electronic company).

I'm assuming he means the 'common external power supply' initiative of the EU of 2009 (and IEC 62684:2011), where a micro-usb connector must be used to connect to a mobile phone, versus the propietary lightning connector of 2012.

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