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A comment on EU plans to force OEMs to use a common charger for all phones. Parent comment

Re:EU plans to force OEMs to use a common charger for all ph... by shawnz on Thursday September 23, 2021 @10:05AM (#28629321)
It was still considered a success because it at least reduced the need for proprietary AC adapters. Now it seems they want to expand on that to fix the proprietary cable/dongle issue too.
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Re:EU plans to force OEMs to use a common charger for all ph... by jaywalk on Thursday September 23, 2021 @11:04AM (#28630207)
You never needed a proprietary AC adapter to charge an iPhone, just a "proprietary" cable.
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Re:EU plans to force OEMs to use a common charger for all ph... by shawnz on Thursday September 23, 2021 @11:17AM (#28630406)
Without the dongle you couldn't use iPhones with micro-USB AC adapters that don't have detachable cables.

However I agree that besides that specific circumstance, they were basically already compliant. The 2009 initiative wasn't targeting Apple specifically.

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