On: What Finally Killed AirPower

[dodobirdlord]

The USB-C standard is arcane and cables can have wildly different functionality and quality and still comply with the standard. Occam's razor suggests that there is not some cable markup conspiracy going on here. Higher quality cables + luxury brand tax is a far more reasonable solution.

[NickNameNick → dodobirdlord]

Apples cables don't have to implement the entire USB-C spec. Only the parts that apple want to use.

[darkpuma → dodobirdlord]

> "+ luxury brand tax"

Well that's the contention isn't it? Whether that tax is present, and whether the mechanical build quality justifies it.