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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: 0s | 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. chuckadams ◴[28 Mar 25 19:18 UTC] No.43509029[source]▶
Lightning’s form factor is nice, but there are still a few issues with it. Look at any Lightning cable you’ve used for a few years and you’ll probably notice one of the contacts is darker than the others. That’s from arcing every time you plug it in, and that just cannot be a good thing.

The springs being on the socket is also not a great feature of Lightning, though usually the device itself has a shorter lifetime than the socket.