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Re:EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024 by dogleash on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @09:52AM (#33080373)
> If there was a government mandate requiring phones to have whatever connector came before micro USB, wouldn't that have prevented the Android phones from changing connectors/choosing the new innovation?

Dunno, we have a test case tho: how'd the Micro-B to USB-C transition go in EU markets?

Re:EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024 by stingraycharles on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @10:09AM (#33080619)
It’s going just fine, from my perspective. Unfortunately I now have three different types of cables (micro-B, USB-C and lightning), and it makes it extra challenging that USB-C is sometimes double ended, sometimes B-to-C. On the other hand, it’s very nice I can charge my new Framework laptop and iPad using the same cable cable and charger.

But it’s going quite quickly, and most of the apple devices I bought recently already have USB-C in one way or another, and the actual problem for me is replacing power banks and chargers so that they support USB-C as well. Most of them assume USB-C == “high power slot”, when I just need a few of them for smaller stuff (AirPods and Apple Watch both came with USB-C cables).

Re:EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024 by schmuelio on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @10:06AM (#33080580)
Happened a while ago, you have to go out of your way to find (new) android phones with Micro-B.