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Out of spite? What about it feeling out of spite to make this change for the tens of millions of users who have one or two or four sets of AirPods, and several wireless Apple keyboards and mice and trackpads, and various other gear, all of which uses Lightning?

Some people need to remember that it's not all about them.

And your USB-C chargers and power banks were and are perfectly capable of charging Lightning devices.

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Perhaps you can outline the many times that Apple dropped support for something to move to something new?

Phones no longer have "dock connectors" do they? What about anyone who had a dock port?

Having an iPhone and android phones, Lightening is ANNOYING. Almost nothing uses it. I can charge my Kindle via USB-C, my headphones via USB-C but need an ancient lightening to charge my phone?

Lastly, can you outline what devices people have which are dependent on Lightning? AirPods? they could have been released with USB-C from the start, allowing Apple to move away from lightning.

I find this argument really funny since Apple already dropped lightning connectors on the newer IPADs in favor of USB C and already doesn't support lightning laptops.

I guess you'll have to figure out how to handle the slight inconvenience that Apple is putting their IPAD customers and laptop customers through.

How are my USB-C chargers capable of charging lightning devices if they are USB-C? Can I buy a dongle for $90?

It's a common misconception for the less tech savvy but you can just buy a USB-C to Lightning cable for a few bucks. In fact, here's a 3-pack for $7: https://a.co/d/1WFoRGZ

The standard charging cable Apple has supplied with new iPhones for years now has been USB-C to Lightning.

The constant dongle arguments are so funny, especially in this case.

1) You buy a USB-C to Lightning cable. Obviously. 2) Everyone bitches about Apple supposedly requiring all kinds of dongles, but of course, what caused that? Apple's insistence on putting only Thunderbolt ports on the Mac. Which of course use what connector? USB-C.

People need to figure out what they are bitching about before just mouthing words about dongles all the time.

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