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Does anyone else think this is kind of expensive? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by tst123@lemmy.world to c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world

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[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It’s the stupid tax/desperation tax. Either you are so stupid you’d buy an adapter for your cable that’s more expensive than a new cable or you are so desperate because a vital accessory has lightning built in and won’t work without a dongle

[–] SmoothLiquidation@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

This is the answer. It is expensive because it will be a low demand item. Most people will never need this, so it is a specialty item that is taking up valuable shelf space.

All the conspiracy theories in this thread are just the standard "whaa, they changed something" whining.

[–] Tschuuuls@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

This has a different purpose. It's if you want to connect your iPhone to a 2008 car that still has a 30pin port (that you adapted to lightning) or a 2013 base model that only has lightning for example. For specialty accessories basically