Re:European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batt...
by M2Ys4U on Friday June 16, 2023 @10:33PM
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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.
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.