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Apple Starts Blocking Unauthorized Lightning Cables With iOS 7

Posted by timothy on from the there-there's-smoke dept.

beltsbear writes "Your formerly working clone Lightning cable could stop working with the latest iOS update. Previously the beta version allowed these cables to charge with a warning message but the final release actually stops many cables from working. Apples Lightning connector system is locked with authentication chips that can verify if a cable is authorized by Apple. Many users with clone cables are now without the ability to charge their iPhones."

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  1. Re:Wow, they managed to break the idea of a cable! by msauve · · Score: 1, Troll

    "stuff like this is exactly why Apple lost the Desktop OS battle years ago"

    Because, say, QuickTime is more proprietary than DirectX? Or that Windows is more open than FreeBSD and Mach? Or Appletalk is closed evil, while NETBEUI is open wonderfullness? Or are you simply delusional, and think that Linux won the desktop OS battle?

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  2. Re:Minor Sympathy. by Gothmolly · · Score: 1, Troll

    Maybe you shouldn't have been bitches.

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  3. Re:In other news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    No, the reason theyre charging $30 for a charger

    is because there is a shit ton of engineering that went into making one of the best chargers in the world.