[AbenezerMamo]

I have limited context here but I’m siding with Apple on this one. The ability to have grant and deny access to device data v.s. power is key. Especially in a world with growing number of 3rd party hardware extensions to devices, if helps to know that something is Apple certified. I’m not sure how this works on Android yet.

The relationship isn’t the same as a phone case for instance. Thorough I would be worried if it occupied the lightning port and forced me to use USB variant to charge the actual case. In some sense, I do see that as the strategy behind some of the recent mag based accessories.

That aside, I do see NFC as one area where this becomes a gray area. Do we advocate for less wasteful wires and accept the power throughput loss of -ductive (I forget which one :P) charging?

More important is the loss of autonomy in NFC where a singular input / output interface is now replaced with whatever is within the vicinity or range of the device (usually the top or back)

I’m not sure what direction consumer technology will take us but I do hope there are people actively keeping up with the standards and what they mean for security, privacy, and choice; seeing as how they’re essential to user autonomy.

Lastly: you obtain autonomy - gaining and losing implies a binary state; where obtaining implies a relinquishing gradient- loosening of what should start as an iron grip.

[simion314]

> Especially in a world with growing number of 3rd party hardware extensions to devices, if helps to know that something is Apple certified.

This would be a good news for an Apple fan, he could use his platinum Apple branded cable to charge all his accessories like toothbrushes,stereos, laptops,tablets.

[randmeerkat]

> Do we advocate for less wasteful wires and accept the power throughput loss of -ductive (I forget which one :P) charging?

magnetic induction