Apple blocks unauthorized Lightning cables with iOS 7
Found on Phone Arena on Sunday, 22 September 2013
Those cables authorized for use with an iPhone or iPad, contain a chip that authenticates the cable allowing it to be used with the device.
This came after an incident that killed 23 year old flight attendant Ma Ai Lun. Lun was allegedly killed from an electrical charge that came out of her Apple iPhone 5 while she was answering a call. The phone was plugged into an outlet at the time, using an unauthorized charger.
What a useless excuse. People get harmed or even killed all the time because they use their phone while driving or don't pay attention where they are walking. Apple simply hates competition as well as open standards and abuses its market position. Luckily Apple's market share is dropping more and more: people start to realize that a shiny plastic case just isn't worth all that hassle of being locked in.