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Re:Apple rumored to subvert EU Rules by nerfing USB-C on iPh... by eyelidlessness on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @08:42PM (#34990852)
> So let's talk alternatives!

Okay! I’m happy for my hardware vendor to assure me that my cable isn’t going to set my phone on fire or do any other harmful or nefarious things. If someone else is happy to take that gamble, I sure hope it’s regulated when I’m in transit or my own home but otherwise the world is their proverbial oyster. I wish their hardware vendor cared more about their wellbeing but given existing regulatory standards I just hope more vendors are as adept and scrupulous.

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Re:Apple rumored to subvert EU Rules by nerfing USB-C on iPh... by rektide on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @10:17PM (#34991494)
What would stop you from buying your vendors products? Choice & freedom seems to present no negative, doesnt impede your scaremongering safety-clutching Stockholm Syndrome desires.
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Re:Apple rumored to subvert EU Rules by nerfing USB-C on iPh... by eyelidlessness on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @10:24PM (#34991557)
My vendor’s products haven’t harmed me in any way I can identify but if they did that would be good cause for me to reconsider them. That would also be good cause for your analysis of “Stockholm Syndrome”.
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Re:Apple rumored to subvert EU Rules by nerfing USB-C on iPh... by rektide on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @10:38PM (#34991674)
Im seeing freedom vs being trapped with criminal behaviors. Having freedom wouldnt stop you from relating to these dirtbags, freely if you want. But you shouldnt be forced to keep staying with them.

So, still feeling pretty good about my analysis so far.

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Re:Apple rumored to subvert EU Rules by nerfing USB-C on iPh... by eyelidlessness on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @11:31PM (#34992039)
So I’m free to prefer my vendor’s behavior and you’re free to not prefer it? Sounds like we totally agree 100%!
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Re:Apple rumored to subvert EU Rules by nerfing USB-C on iPh... by rektide on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @11:50PM (#34992142)
You're not free to prefer your vendor taking hostages though. Thanks.

Your vendor needs some social conscience & to sometimes not always use force to get their way.

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Re:Apple rumored to subvert EU Rules by nerfing USB-C on iPh... by not_me_ever on Friday March 03, 2023 @04:58AM (#35007696)
So who forces you to buy their phones?
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