But there are good reasons for using Lightning instead of Thunderbolt and lightning very very frightening me Galileo vintage shirt, hoodie, sweater and v-neck t-shirt. The big one (the reason they went with their own technology when they switched from 30 pin) is an iPad needs 12 watts to charge and micro-USB only supports 9 watts. After that requirement standardization among Apple products is more important than standardization with other products, so everything gets Lightning.
