Re:EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024
by kalleboo on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @10:34AM
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They mandated the standards bodies to issue standards to adopt for those who wanted to, but didn't mandate manufacturers to adopt the standards.
Or they would have spent the past 10 years fining Apple for violating them.
Re:EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024
by blitzar on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @11:12AM
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There is no mandate that states that if a party fails to abide by a mandate that you are mandated to fine them.
Re:EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024
by tshaddox on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @11:20AM
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And yet a plausible threat of negative consequences is the only thing that could possibly distinguish a mandate from a suggestion.
Re:EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024
by arrrg on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @01:38PM
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The regulation is the negative consequence.
This is how self regulation can work. And in this case it nearly worked, Apple pretty much being the lone holdout.
Re:EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024
by triceratops on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @01:03PM
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When an order has no consequences for non-compliance it is, by definition, not an order.
... huh ? https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_11_...
> Following a mandate from the European Commission, the European Standardisation Bodies CEN-CENELEC and ETSI issued the harmonised standards to be adhered to by data-enabled mobile phones compatible with the new common charger as of 2011. The common charger solution is based in the Micro-USB connector technology