[HN Gopher] "I used a pin to unlock the cable connected to the A...
       ___________________________________________________________________
        
       "I used a pin to unlock the cable connected to the Apple Vision Pro
       battery"
        
       Author : focusgroup0
       Score  : 4 points
       Date   : 2024-01-31 22:16 UTC (44 minutes ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (twitter.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (twitter.com)
        
       | Ringz wrote:
       | Lightning seems to be a kind of drug for Apple that they can't
       | get rid of even if threatened with punishment.
        
         | smoldesu wrote:
         | Granted, the pluggy-end of a battery is a pretty benign place
         | to put it. Apple probably has warehouses full of these
         | connectors that need somewhere to go now that OEMs won't pay to
         | license it. Dropping it in a battery is sorta annoying and
         | arguably obsolete but also not the end of the world.
         | 
         | Now, if they could axe Lightning on the Magic
         | Keyboard/Trackpad, that'd be _greaaaaaat_.
        
       | TillE wrote:
       | I'm guessing Apple really doesn't want third-party battery packs,
       | because being able to reliably warn about low battery is an
       | actual safety issue in a headset.
       | 
       | At least it's not hard wired like their awful pre-USB-C laptop
       | power bricks where the cable would fray after a couple years of
       | gentle use.
        
       ___________________________________________________________________
       (page generated 2024-01-31 23:01 UTC)