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hooverd
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If you own an M2 MacBook Air or MacBook Pro there’...
I'm more worried about companies forbidding third party cables or bricking cables you own. "Sorry, this cable was only licensed for 100 charging cycles. Please buy a new one, for your safety of course."
pathartl
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No reason to forbid cables when you can just remove physical ports.
traceroute66
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tpxl
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I have been given a 'you need an official USB-C - 3.5mm jack adapter' warning by a non-apple brand. So yeah, this is happening.
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Where in the comment above do they even mention Apple?
boramalper
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I don’t like their tone but they have a point. Historically Apple has been fussier than many other companies.
hooverd
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If anything, consumer hardware is amazingly fungible, compared to the things B2B manufacturers do.
hooverd
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I didn't say anything about Apple. I just don't trust hardware companies to not DRM everything if they know they can get away with it.
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