190 points

Ha. I like the vga part but the part that makes your usb - c connector look like an old fashioned proprietary apple lightening connector is just too much!

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Thank you for pointing that out, I didn’t notice it lmao

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30 points

(I think that was a joke, it IS actually a lightning cable)

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11 points

Yeah I’m not entirely sure, but it WOULD be possible to print a sticker like that

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Am I missing something? That’s Apple’s proprietary connector, all right. But it’s not “old-fashioned” in that it’s still currently used for new devices (at least for iPads in the US).

Left: USB-C connector
Right: Apple Lightning connector

And USB-C has the wires on the inside (which then goes inside the port on the device). So, unless I’m mistaken, they weren’t trying to look like anything other than the VGA part, because this connector wouldn’t work for anything other than an Apple device…

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I believe the joke is calling Apple old fashioned for still sticking to a proprietary cable and/or calling proprietary cables old-fashioned in general. But also, Apple will be switching the iPhone cables to USB-C next gen iirc, so maybe it’s also old fashioned that way?

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Apple has already switched their whole lineup to USB-C as far as I can tell, currently replying to this from my USB-C iPhone 15. Even my AirPods are USB-C.

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3 points

Huh? Both my M1 air and iPad Pro only use USB-C. Do some of the iPads still use Apple’s lightning? These are the only two apple products I own, so I have never had any other connector. Except for a couple random items (stupid mouse), everything I own can use the same charger. Packing and traveling is so much easier.

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There’s a lot of iPad Gen 1-9s out there. Not to mention iPods and older iPhones…

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Our new iPad 10 came with a usb c connector too. In the US.

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It’s progress! I believe that’s the only regular iPad that has ever come with USB-C. Thank the EU, which required it! Gens 1-9 had the proprietary Lightning connector…

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You could put a sticker on the left one and (from the right angle) make it look like the right one.

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look at the vga connector again. it has a little icon on it that looks like a usbc slot

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You mean this? That’s on every VGA cable…

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116 points

It’s not the same without two little screws jangling about

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8 points

I had fuckin bent pins and pins falling out of my vga connector. I had to straighten them and align them. Good times.

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2 points

You could take the screws out of your iPhone and glue them onto the knobs, it’ll void your AppleCare though.

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78 points

How about display port that looks like HDMI? Oh wait…

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15 points

You Villain!

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2 points

No, how about DVI that looks like HDMI? Hold on…

Explaination: basically HDMI is patent-troll-guarded version of DVI with some additional(and useless or actively harmful) stuff

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76 points

Yes officer. This post over here.

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25 points

No, seriously, why am I offended. This is offensive to me.

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26 points

Probably because the screws can’t be used!

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26 points

Just gonna have to 3d print a phone case with the corresponding threads, I guess.

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Are you calling twitter mob?

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Because that stupid proprietary connector is now illegal in the EU YAAAAY

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71 points

this is the most comments I’ve seen on lemmy. now i know the community I’m in. God help me.

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Leave a factually incorrect, unprompted whataboutism about socialism or communism in a thread criticizing capitalism and I bet you could rival this comment count.

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11 points

There was a thread this week about Biden’s achievements and it got at least 600 comments haha.

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10 points

Nice! I can definitely see how that would stir the pot. I’ve had a lot of good discussion on Lemmy, I really enjoy it.

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3 points

You mean radical right USSA president?

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Anarchy in the UK!?

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18 points

What, you an HDMI guy? Son, we charge our laptops with VGA cables

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Op still uses VGA. And is offended. 😬

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5 points

My second monitor (CRT) is using a VGA to HDMI adapter.

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4 points

Not in this house!

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3 points

I had to double check I wasn’t on Reddit lol. Glad to see it.

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3 points

I came back to see how many people were truly offended by this like I was and…yeah. These are my people.

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1 point

Can explain to someone with english skill issue?

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