EU plans to force OEMs to use a common charger for all phones

Re:EU plans to force OEMs to use a common charger for all ph... by xdennis on Thursday September 23, 2021 @09:49AM (#28629092)

(I don't know if you are, but) this is what I find quite weird about Americans: they think it's unfair for the government to regulate a trillion dollar company, but they find nothing wrong when a company treats its platform like fiefdom (i.e. no rights for the users).

You can be banned from Twitter for saying something like "men aren't women", but God forbid we reduce Apple's profits by making them not sell so many dongles.

I think an individual should be prioritized over a company.

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Re:EU plans to force OEMs to use a common charger for all ph... by Someone1234 on Thursday September 23, 2021 @10:15AM (#28629472)

That's because Europeans view "freedom" from an individual perspective, it doesn't distinguish who is causing its infringement (e.g. boss, neighbor, government, corporation, etc). Whereas in America "freedom" exclusively means "freedom [from government]."

That's why when Europeans talk about "freedom" from your boss, Americans get confused. In America if you can privatize a thing (no matter how monopolistically) it isn't a "freedom" infringement (e.g. HOAs) because that isn't what the term freedom means there.

That's why corporations run rampant in the US and the citizens continue to pushback on any government attempted intervention because that government intervention is viewed as a freedom-problem but the corporate invasion is not.

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Re:EU plans to force OEMs to use a common charger for all ph... by zepto on Thursday September 23, 2021 @10:10AM (#28629382)

In both cases, the government is not regulating the behavior of the company.

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