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    From Retrograde@21:1/5 to All on Sun Mar 5 13:51:02 2023
    From the «need more reasons to pay a premium» department:
    Feed: OSnews
    Title: iPhone 15 USB-C cables without MFi badge may have data transfer and charging speed limits
    Author: Thom Holwerda
    Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2023 16:10:44 -0500
    Link: https://www.osnews.com/story/135885/iphone-15-usb-c-cables-without-mfi-badge-may-have-data-transfer-and-charging-speed-limits/


    Apple’s iPhone 15 series will officially only support USB-C accessories that have been certified by Apple’s own Made for iPhone (MFi) program[1], potentially limiting the functionality of accessories not approved by Apple,
    an established leaker has now claimed.

    So you’re getting USB-C, but not really. Leave it to Apple to milk even something as mundane as this.

    Links:
    [1]: https://www.macrumors.com/2023/02/28/iphone-15-usb-c-accessories-limited-without-mfi/ (link)



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  • From Sylvia Else@21:1/5 to Retrograde on Mon Mar 6 12:21:07 2023
    On 06-Mar-23 12:51 am, Retrograde wrote:
    From the «need more reasons to pay a premium» department:
    Feed: OSnews
    Title: iPhone 15 USB-C cables without MFi badge may have data transfer and charging speed limits
    Author: Thom Holwerda
    Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2023 16:10:44 -0500
    Link: https://www.osnews.com/story/135885/iphone-15-usb-c-cables-without-mfi-badge-may-have-data-transfer-and-charging-speed-limits/


    Apple’s iPhone 15 series will officially only support USB-C accessories that
    have been certified by Apple’s own Made for iPhone (MFi) program[1], potentially limiting the functionality of accessories not approved by Apple, an established leaker has now claimed.

    So you’re getting USB-C, but not really. Leave it to Apple to milk even something as mundane as this.

    Links:
    [1]: https://www.macrumors.com/2023/02/28/iphone-15-usb-c-accessories-limited-without-mfi/ (link)




    I think this is more along the lines of "If your non-certified hardware
    doesn't work, don't expect us to fix it the iPhone so that it does."

    If Apple were caught deliberately blocking or degrading the performance
    of non certified hardware, I think they'd get into trouble for
    anti-competitive behaviour, at least in some jurisdictions.

    Sylvia.

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