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Re:EU lawmakers snub Apple's pleas, vote to push for chargin... by SideburnsOfDoom on Friday January 31, 2020 @11:53AM (#22203153)
This is a good move. Finally my partner and I, with apple and android devices respectively, can share chargers if need be.

it's a pity that Apple didn't play ball voluntarily, and had to be ordered to be nice.

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Re:EU lawmakers snub Apple's pleas, vote to push for chargin... by defnotashton2 on Saturday February 01, 2020 @03:09AM (#22209375)
Ahh yes an expensive legislative bill is how we solve that problem, instead of a 5$, breakout cable from Amazon or most corner convince stores.
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Re:EU lawmakers snub Apple's pleas, vote to push for chargin... by SideburnsOfDoom on Saturday February 01, 2020 @06:10AM (#22209920)
Exactly. Less hassle, less wasteful, disposable electronic junk.
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Re:EU lawmakers snub Apple's pleas, vote to push for chargin... by defnotashton2 on Saturday February 01, 2020 @10:10AM (#22210861)
The costs of the ink this regulation will be printed on will cost more than whatever its attempting to save.
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Re:EU lawmakers snub Apple's pleas, vote to push for chargin... by SideburnsOfDoom on Sunday February 02, 2020 @09:45AM (#22217120)
The message that it sends to companies that don't play ball, and sort something out voluntarily between themselves that is in consumers' best interests (and by this I mean Apple), will be worth it.

"an expensive legislative bill" was not the first recourse to "how we solve that problem". But it is a necessary fallback.

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Re:EU lawmakers snub Apple's pleas, vote to push for chargin... by mvanbaak on Friday January 31, 2020 @07:48PM (#22207621)
Lol. What if the standard turns out to be lightning?
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Re:EU lawmakers snub Apple's pleas, vote to push for chargin... by marcinzelent on Saturday February 01, 2020 @03:05AM (#22209359)
Then it still will be standard and OP will be able to share the charger with their partner.

But there is no way Lightning could be a standard because only Apple is using it.

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