This just in! Accessory designed for use with phone works well with phone, while off-the-shelf generic accessory does not. More at 11.

We have been told, repeatedly, about the "next great thing" in standards. The EU mandated micro-USB (ugh!). 7 years ago we were being hyped up about USB-C.

Here we are 7 years later, and the SAME lighting cable apple has had for 10 years (!!) is more sturdy, has great low latency (if you compare to USB-C for music making the difference is crazy), has fantastic reliable power delivery.

I mean, after 10 years you'd think the new standards would be absolutely crushing Apple's old tech.

But I can't get the low latency on USB-C for audio I get on lighting (anyone know why? Both are wires) 10+ years later.

It's maddening. And the power delivery and speeds of USB-C/USB3 are just crazily all over the map. You can plug into a blue USB3 port and go no faster than you did on an old port!

If only Apple had considered the plight of man before switching their laptops over to exclusively use USB-C connectors.