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Re:EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024 by nolok on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @10:29AM (#33080901)
> Apple didn't follow that Memorandum, the EU got pissed

Just to add a step: Samsung got pissed, and told the EU either regulate, or we do our own thing too like Apple.

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Re:EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024 by Fradow on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @10:38AM (#33081026)
I wasn't aware of that, thanks!

Replying to sibling: that 30-pin connector predates the Memorandum. It's exactly such chargers that the EU wanted to regulate at the time. Every company had their own incompatible charger.

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Re:EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024 by mschuster91 on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @10:33AM (#33080958)
Samsung actually had done their own thing - their early tablet lineup also had a 30-pin connector, and of course incompatible with Apple's 30-pin connector.

[1] https://www.amazon.de/Original-Samsung-USB-lDatenkabel-ECC1D...

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Re:EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024 by q3k on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @11:03AM (#33081385)
> and of course incompatible with Apple's 30-pin connector

“Of course” also because Apple's 30-pin connector was only approved for purchase and use by certified (read: paying) third parties.

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Re:EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024 by yellowapple on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @12:08PM (#33082430)
Thankfully the Samsung one was black while the Apple ones were white, making it obvious which one went to my iPod Classic v. my Galaxy Tab 2 :)

But yeah, I absolutely do not miss those 30-pin connectors.

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