Comment on Apple forced to ditch iPhone lightning charger

• moitoi@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  We are not speaking about the same magsafe. EU requires in the near future USB-C for laptops too. Apple must include USB-C by default and ditching the magsafe.

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  • boonhet@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Are they going to ditch it though? As I understand, they don’t need to ditch it as long as USB-C remains an option.

    For charging alone, Magsafe is objectively the better choice because it snaps in and out of place, so it’s both easier to insert and won’t pull your laptop off the living room table if your kid or dog runs into the cable. For docking in your dedicated workspace, you’ll still use USB-C attached to your monitor of course, it’s excellent for that.

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    • notepass@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yeah, I think it says that you have to support USB-C charging. But you can add whatever else you want. And if I remember correctly, macbooks can be charged via C and magsafe already. So all up to snuff

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      • boonhet@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Yup, both work!

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    • moitoi@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The regulation is the same as for smartphones. In the EU, laptops must charge with USB-C by default. Apple can still include on the laptop a magsafe port which will be useless for the consumer in this area. The easiest to comply for Apple is to put a USB-C to USB-C cable instead of the USB-C to magsafe for Europe.

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  • AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    My laptop can already charge over USB-C from my docking station, or with a MagSafe cable. It’s an older M1 laptop but that ought to cover any such requirement

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    • moitoi@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It’s the single charger regulation. In the EU, Apple must use USB-C instead of magsafe for the laptops. It’s the same as for smartphones.

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      • Estebiu@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        No. Magsafe and usb c can both be present.

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