Applechords

In the beginning was the 30-pin dock connector,

And the 30-pin dock connector was Apple.

And the the 30-pin dock connector was with Apple.

A voluminous tangle of long, white cords,

Many with the common touch,

A standard USB, as such,

Ubiquitous, across the boards,

And at the other, a miniscule misnomer,

Not to be found in the days of Homer on the wine dark sea: 

A lightning connector, 

But prone to disconnection from detritus in my pocket,

As mud and crud and dirt and dust deposit in the socket.

USB-A was the old USB,

Now it’s been replaced by USB-C

And the lightning connector, it has gone as well,

But only on the IPad, or so I hear tell.

And what is the consequence of all this innovation?

Confusion, bewilderment, and massive frustration!

Accoutrements to past pods, pads and mobile phones 

Arriving in the flat white box.

Your familiar and fully functional devices

The open sesame to all life’s spices

Rendered obsolete by the Corporate Machine

Unable to receive IOS Umpteen,

Nor alas, the very latest versions of your apps,

“We really had to do it.  So very sorry, chaps.”

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I migrated from a Microsoft computer to Apple, many years ago, persuaded by many that it was better. And it was. And then came the iPod, and the iPod touch, the early iPhone, and the iPad, all with the 30-pin dock connector. But then, with the iPad mini, and later iPads and iPhones, came the lightning connector, and all of these, from first to last, with a USB at the other end of the chord. All was well. Stability and interchangeability!

But recently I bought a new IPhone SE and an IPad mini, because my old ones no longer accepted the latest versions of things. And the old cords and chargers no longer work with new devices. Frustration!