EU sends Apple stark warning over USB-C charging on new iPhones

Re:EU sends Apple stark warning over USB-C charging on new i... by AuryGlenz on Sunday May 07, 2023 @11:56AM (#35852746)

First the bureaucrats would need to care. That’s a pretty big hump - people don’t like change. Instead of people going “yay, we’ll all finally be on the same connector” you’re going to have people going “no, I already have all of these cables and USB-C is good enough!”

You’ll also need the various players on the other side to invest in development for something new with absolutely no guarantee that the EU will approve it. Honestly, if they wanted to mandate this they should have at least just said it’s in effect for ___ number of years and no longer.

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Re:EU sends Apple stark warning over USB-C charging on new i... by kklimonda on Sunday May 07, 2023 @04:07PM (#35855134)

But this seems like a perfectly valid argument to have. I hate that I currently have at least 5 different "usb-like" cable types in my household: usbc to usbc, usbc to lightning, usba to usbc, usba to lightning, usba to microusb, and I probably still have some mini USB cables in some boxes.

I'd really hope that if something new is proposed it will be only once every player have decided to put their weight behind it to propose and push for a change.

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Re:EU sends Apple stark warning over USB-C charging on new i... by theonlybutlet on Sunday May 07, 2023 @05:35PM (#35855840)

How did we get any USB standard then? The EU would listen if the USB implementors forum came out and said this is our replacement for USB-C.

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