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Re:EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024 by tshaddox on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @11:20AM (#33081618)
And yet a plausible threat of negative consequences is the only thing that could possibly distinguish a mandate from a suggestion.
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Re:EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024 by arrrg on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @01:38PM (#33083826)
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.

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