• @[email protected]
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      211 year ago

      This is untrue.

      20 years ago, most companies had proprietary connectors, because there was no standard. Then, slowly, they all shifted to USB Micro-B, which was acceptable, but limited charge speeds.

      Once USB-C came out, it took a while for everyone to flip over. Heck, you can still find a few devices like headphones and flashlights that use USB Micro-B (or even Mini-B). But they all flipped because the demand was there and the technology standard supported what they needed.

      Apple even flipped most of its devices over. They’re just dragging their feet on the iPhone.

      • @HRDS_654
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        1 year ago

        I love my Logitech keyboard that I bought a couple years ago, but I will always be pissed that it is micro USB and not USB C.

    • @[email protected]
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      71 year ago

      The last phone I owned that had a propriety cable, apart from Apple, was a Sony-Ericsson Walkman phone. There was also the Sony Xperia phones, but they had USB as well as their proprietary connector. This was well over a decade ago.

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      Before USB C, the standard was pretty much Micro USB and before that Mini USB. Only before that, you see tons of weird proprietary connectors.

    • @random8847
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      11 year ago

      So are you just going to ignore micro USB?