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Re:EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024 by origin_path on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @03:44AM (#33092490)
Of course it was binding and involuntary, as the EU is now proving by binding the ones that didn't volunteer. "Do it or else" doesn't make it voluntary because the institution doing the "or else" part is slow.
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Re:EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024 by dahfizz on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @03:19PM (#33100096)
The point is about innovation.

Maybe you think the original nonbinding agreement had a threat of force behind it, but it had no immediate consequences if manufacturers changed ports. Manufacturers were allowed to upgrade to new ports. And they did. That is how we got the innovation of USB-C.

Manufacturers are no longer able to upgrade to better ports. People saying "this won't stifle innovation because we still got USB-C" have things totally backwards.

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