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Re:European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batt... by gok on Friday June 16, 2023 @05:15PM (#36363992)
So you're really happy that there is regulation requiring what the market already did on its own?
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Re:European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batt... by rat9988 on Friday June 16, 2023 @05:54PM (#36364453)
Yes, because some actors don't want to follow suit.
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Re:European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batt... by ktosobcy on Friday June 16, 2023 @05:55PM (#36364463)
lol. do you remember times before microusb? which was also somewhat forced by the EU? so no.. the unification on the USB wasn't all pure force of market...
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Re:European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batt... by M2Ys4U on Friday June 16, 2023 @10:33PM (#36366644)
Except the marked did not do that on its own.

The EU gave the industry an ultimatum in 2009: Adopt a common charger voluntarily or we'll regulate to force you to do so. Almost all manufacturers did, first with micro-USB before moving over to USB-C.

Eventually, because Apple decided not to play well with others, they had to follow through and regulate.

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