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Cross-Platform P2P Wi-Fi: How the EU Killed AWDL

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223 points stusmall | 1 comments | 28 Mar 25 13:13 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source
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joshstrange ◴[28 Mar 25 15:01 UTC] No.43506331[source]▶
So it's lightning all over again? Lightning was better than micro-usb, then USB-C came out and was even better and people get pissy at Apple for creating something better than the standard (and donating some of that back to the standard).

I know this will not be popular here but I really do not like the EU's most recent round of "no, you have to open up this feature".

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fire_lake ◴[28 Mar 25 15:07 UTC] No.43506414[source]▶
Lightning is still better than USB C in terms of physical connector design (Lightning puts the male part on the more easily replaced cable side). Annoying that it’s not a strict improvement being imposed.
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1. luma ◴[28 Mar 25 15:34 UTC] No.43506730[source]▶
The male part isn't necessarily the key here, the idea is that you put a softer alloy and/or any sprung contacts onto the wear side such that springs and contacts will wear on the replaceable bits. This is the key problem micro USB got wrong, and it's also what Lightning gets wrong (although I'd agree that it was loads better than micro USB).