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Comment on Apple forced to ditch iPhone lightning charger

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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