Rowan Johnson
This may be controversial, but i think Lightning was a better port than USB-C. (Speaking purely from a physical design perspective, not functionally.)
Mar 16 at 9:47amIvory for iOS
Show threadMatt Christensen1d ago

@rowan_johnson it totally was! It didn’t have the pins to scale to Thunderbolt/USB4 speeds and be a fully general purpose port.

But the ergonomics/handling/design of it were so much better.

Show threadEnrico1d ago
@mattchristensen @rowan_johnson and the burnt pins 😘🤌🏻. Can’t beat that planned obsolescence (ground pins were the same length as other pins, for symmetry I guess…).
Show threadRowan Johnson1d ago

@illogical_me @mattchristensen I did caveat that we’re not talking functionality. 🤣

My motivation for thinking about lightning was that my phone’s usbc port has gotten lint in it, and I’m not sure how I’ll get it out. Lightning was super easy to clean!

Show threadRavi 1d ago
@rowan_johnson I feel like this could be said for so many  things 😆
Show threadRowan Johnson1d ago
@ravi 🤐
Show threadRavi 1d ago
@rowan_johnson *Lifts up Mac Mini to turn it on ☹️
Show threadRowan Johnson1d ago
@ravi it’s such a tragedy that they discontinued the old Mac Mini design. The power button placement plus the fact that the new one won’t fit in a standard 1u 19” rack slot is such a regression.
Show threadRavi 1d ago

@rowan_johnson Rack mounting doesn't affect me at all but totally get the point.

The power button is fine in practice, but it doesn't mean that I still can't call it out as total form over function. I'd still rather have it somewhere actually accessible.

Show threadRowan Johnson1d ago

@ravi as someone who owns three Mac minis, and all three live in a rack, I am mildly inconvenienced by the form factor change. 😅 (They’re very popular in the IT/AV/broadcast world.)

Sometimes you just have to wonder what’s in the water in Cupertino. (This isn’t a new thing, of course.)

Show threadPaul Stockton1d ago
@rowan_johnson Agree, we are almost fully USB-C everywhere but sometimes I go to blindly plug a cable in and wish it was lightning