EU commissioner shocked by dangers of some goods sold by Shein and Temu

Re:EU commissioner shocked by dangers of some goods sold by ... by kotaKat on Monday July 21, 2025 @07:06AM (#44633810)

> unwilling (cough Apple and USB-C) to do the right thing on its own.

There was, and still is, no reason that Apple should have been forced to adopt USB-C with the proliferation of Lightning on the market - a connector with significantly more lifetime and reliability than USB-C. If you want a device with USB-C, go pick an Android device that ships with USB-C. Forcing these regulations has just forced everyone to sell the same amorphous brick of glass and sand under the guise of "consumer choice".

(And remember: It's okay when Google goes anti-competitive, but it's not okay when Apple does it! --Margrethe Vestager)

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Re:EU commissioner shocked by dangers of some goods sold by ... by raron on Monday July 21, 2025 @10:02AM (#44635211)

Apple was not forced to abandon the Lightning connector. If they would think that Lightning is a better product and keeping it would be positive thing for their customers, then they could still use it (beside a Type-C connector).

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Re:EU commissioner shocked by dangers of some goods sold by ... by kotaKat on Tuesday July 22, 2025 @06:57AM (#44645395)

Except Apple shouldn't be forced to use a Type-C connector in the first place, and pandering to Vestager's terminally dry desert in her pants so she can get off to a USB-C port shouldn't be on Apple's priority list.

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Re:EU commissioner shocked by dangers of some goods sold by ... by _zoltan_ on Wednesday July 23, 2025 @11:43PM (#44666666)

forcing apple to do USB-C was a good move.

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