Re: Why do iPhones currently lack even the most basic hardware functionality?

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Newsgroups misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,alt.comp.hardware
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In article <[email protected]>, Alan <[email protected]> wrote:

> 
> > d. License-free cables & ports (such as industry standard USB-C cables)
> 
> Why is "license-free" in any way important?

what he fails to understand is that usb-c is licensed by the usb
consortium to guarantee its compliance with the usb spec. 

there are unlicensed cables available, except they don't necessarily
work and in many cases, can cause damage.

<https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/02/google-engineer-finds-usb-type-
c-cable-thats-so-bad-it-fried-his-chromebook-pixel/>
  Benson Leung, the Google engineer who moonlights as a tester of 
  dodgy USB Type-C cables, has sadly performed his last act of tech
  vigilantism‹at least for now. When testing a Surjtech 3M USB A-to-C
  cable, the cable was so bad that it fried his Chromebook Pixel laptop
  and two USB PD (power delivery) analysers.
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