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> the usb-c ecosystem seems like a nightmare to me from what I have seen.

Compared to lighting it only has advantages, faster charging, more universal.

It's only a nightmare because you can carry almost anything over USB C incl. DisplayPort etc. which is not always clear if it's supported or not



Agreed. Any compliant USB-C cable supports all the features lightning does, aka. power and USB 2.0 data.

It also supports HDMI but that's used with an adapter anyway, so it's not a consideration if it works for a user.


Most USB-C devices really only support DisplayPort for video output.

There's an HDMI "alt mode", but almost no device uses that directly; most USB-C-to-HDMI adapters and cables are accordingly really combined USB-C to DisplayPort and DisplayPort to HDMI converters and translate one protocol to the other at the electrical and logical level.


it's not "almost", it's literally no device: there are no hosts and there are no cables. And it was killed officially this year, too.




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