EU lawmakers snub Apple's pleas, vote to push for charging cable standard

Re:EU lawmakers snub Apple's pleas, vote to push for chargin... by epicgiga on Friday January 31, 2020 @11:45AM (#22203091)

Standardizing (controlling) by fiat tech they didn't make, with no real need or justification. Just for the sake of the flex, being busybodies, and pretending they're important and "the boss of you".

Sooner that rabble gets overthrown the better. One domino has fallen now, hope the rest follow in short order.

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Re:EU lawmakers snub Apple's pleas, vote to push for chargin... by dTal on Friday January 31, 2020 @02:10PM (#22204555)

Or maybe the need and justification is that multiple similar but incompatible charging standards is wasteful and annoying. As that's the stated reason, it seems a bit more likely than "for the sake of flex".

Is government regulation of non-goverment tech illegitimate? That would be most all regulation then.

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Re:EU lawmakers snub Apple's pleas, vote to push for chargin... by SideburnsOfDoom on Friday January 31, 2020 @11:52AM (#22203143)

We see lots of this mouth-frothing, hate-fulled rhetoric on reddit, and IMHO I don't want it to spread.

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Re:EU lawmakers snub Apple's pleas, vote to push for chargin... by t223 on Friday January 31, 2020 @12:35PM (#22203604)

I believe it’s too late. In my opinion the current political climate has fueled outrage culture and from my perspective things have gone from bad to worse.

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