EU Gives Final Approval to Law That Will Force iPhone to Switch to USB-C

Re:EU Gives Final Approval to Law That Will Force iPhone to ... by olliej on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @12:16AM (#33326163)

I'm unsure how this helps prevent e-waste, all it seems guaranteed to do is ensure that any existing lightning accessories need to be replaced.

If this legislation was 10 years earlier everything in the EU would be using micro/mini-usb today - and usb-c would not be an option without new legislation.

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Re:EU Gives Final Approval to Law That Will Force iPhone to ... by EMIRELADERO on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @12:17AM (#33326178)

The law doesn't specify USB-C. It just says that the big players need to sit together at a table and set one standard for all. There's a mandatory time period in which they will have to do it again, and the cycle will continue.

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Re:EU Gives Final Approval to Law That Will Force iPhone to ... by peyton on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @12:57AM (#33326406)

That’s way too sensible. I’m fairly certain that’s how the old law worked, not this one.

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Re:EU Gives Final Approval to Law That Will Force iPhone to ... by Dylan16807 on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @12:58AM (#33326415)

It wasn't how things already worked or Apple would have stopped using lightning.

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