Suck it micro USB, mini USB, and lightning! 🪫🔋

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If only you didn’t have to pay royalties for using USB.

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Not actually true. Probably something made up by Apple so they could continue to charge you extra for their proprietary chargers

https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/450494/are-usb-protocol-and-connector-free-or-are-they-patented

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But you do need to pay for a Vendor ID, you can’t just YOLO it?

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That’s probably what I heard.

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I think what bugged my memory was that you have to pay for a Vendor ID.

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You do‽ I had no idea. And it’d be great if the standard for USB-C was more than form only.

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