by pmx on 8/14/17, 8:03 PM
You'd never need all of these though, would you? There is a lot of overlap between the dongles that unless you had a lot of devices you wouldn't require. For example I can't see anyone buying an HDMI to DVI + a Lightning to VGA + a Mini Displayport to DVI. Feels a little bit like saying ford make xx models of car & it would cost you £1 million to buy them all.
by Fezzik on 8/14/17, 9:56 PM
Personally, I would prefer the option for 23 dongles (most of which I will never use, or buy) to a multitude of ports on my laptop (most of which I will never use). The first seems like it provides me options, the second seems like it adds unnecessary failure points and openings to a delicate machine.
by VeejayRampay on 8/14/17, 9:49 PM
Note that for every single one of those dongles, there are a handful of manufacturers that offer the same quality for half the price. It's not an issue that they have such a large offering for connectivity, it's that their items are overpriced, I mean $30 for a Lightning to 30-pin adapter, what a racket.
by plussed_reader on 8/14/17, 9:47 PM
This reminds me of the dongle hell of the 90's; Apple had done so well once Jobs got back onboard; it was at the end of his tenure that MDP took over, and then Tbolt, that brought us right back into the nickel and diming, "we have a $30-80 solution for your problem."
by vivab0rg on 8/14/17, 9:39 PM
First-world problems
by nkkollaw on 8/14/17, 9:29 PM
This title is ridiculous. I'm not even going to click on it.