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0 pointssschueller2y ago0 comments

I assume the large car makers are paying apple a huge amount to be able to install lightning cable adapters in the cars.

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They’re not. In fact I’ve never seen a lightning port on a non-Apple device. The other end of the cable is either USB-A or USB-C.

And Apple is pushing for new vehicles to use CarPlay wirelessly anyway.

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0 pointssschueller2y ago0 comments

I assume the large car makers are paying apple a huge amount to be able to install lightning cable adapters in the cars.

They’re not. In fact I’ve never seen a lightning port on a non-Apple device. The other end of the cable is either USB-A or USB-C.

And Apple is pushing for new vehicles to use CarPlay wirelessly anyway.

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