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Re:Could EU force hardware manufacturers to make working dri... by scarface_74 on Monday October 02, 2023 @08:18AM (#37737162)
Are you suggesting that Apple shouldn’t create any new feature without going through a standards body?
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Re:Could EU force hardware manufacturers to make working dri... by webmobdev on Monday October 02, 2023 @01:40PM (#37741700)
No. Apple can create a working solution and submit it to the standards body. That's what being "open" means.
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Re:Could EU force hardware manufacturers to make working dri... by scarface_74 on Monday October 02, 2023 @02:29PM (#37742406)
And then if the standards body doesn’t accept their solution because low end Android manufacturers don’t want to spend an extra 20 cents on a build of materials?

That’s why PC OEMs didn’t support FireWire before USB 3 came out except for Sony and Dell on some of their high end offerings.

If you don’t like Apple’s offerings you are free to choose Android/Windows

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Re:Could EU force hardware manufacturers to make working dri... by webmobdev on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @10:55PM (#37760316)
That's where regulation comes in - when it is mandated that devices have to support standards, all will have to support it.
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