Apple might drop Lightning ports from more than just iPhones

It has been a bad few days for the Lightning port.

According to analyst and prolific Apple predictor Ming-Chi Kuo, the proprietary charging standard of the iPhone maker isn't long for this world. The analyst said that Apple's other products would also make the switch to the new charging method. That includes Apple's mouse and keyboard peripherals.

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As for when exactly this would happen, he didn't specify, but he did say that it would happen in the foreseeable future. It might be a good idea to move everything over to the same port at the same time.

For the non-tech-savvy people out there, the charging port on most modern phones, video game controllers, and MacBooks is the oval-shaped USB-C. It charges and transfers data more quickly than Lightning, so you can use the same charging cable for every device you own.

The main benefit of Apple sticking with Lightning for this long has probably been the company's ability to charge third-party peripheral makers a fee to use the standard, but at some point it's best to let go. Let us live in a world without Lightning.