Re:EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024
by BurningFrog on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @10:22AM
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If you've followed the EU for a few decades, you'd know they occasionally move quickly, but not often, and the movement is rarely in the best direction.
Re:EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024
by nulld3v on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @10:43AM
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The multiple previous recommendations on mobile phone charging ports passed relatively quickly too.
Re:EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024
by BurningFrog on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @11:42AM
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Maybe some non Europeans are unaware, but the EU handles several other areas than phone connectors.
Re:EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024
by 8note on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @04:11PM
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The topic at hand is phone connectors -- we have data about how the EU handles them, so why bother using estimates from some other thing?
Re:EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024
by httptoolkit on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @10:14AM
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Technically voluntary, but every major phone manufacturer (including Apple) committed to it and followed it (although in Apple's case, with a dongle).
Re:EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024
by dahfizz on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @12:28PM
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But, crucially, they were able to effortlessly move to a better connector when one came along. They were not legally forced to stick with Micro-B. Now they are legally stuck with USB-C indefinitely.
Re:EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024
by AlphaSite on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @10:14AM
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This isn’t swift I don’t think, we’ve been hearing about this for years now.
Re:EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024
by nulld3v on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @10:40AM
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This mandate was conceived in 2018: https://ec.europa.eu/docsroom/documents/46756/attachments/2/...
I think 4 years is a reasonable time frame. Especially considering they weren't sitting around doing nothing for 4 years, most of it was research and surveys
No they didn't, compliance is voluntary, just read the linked wiki page.
I agree with the point that it won't stifle Innovation though. The swift passing of the USB-C mandate has proven to me that the EU can move quickly, so if a new connector comes along they will be able to switch the law reasonably quickly.