Because of apple’s size. And because we just witnessed a death of a proprietary connector. A major win for the consumer and for the universtal serial bus projects overall mission.
On a side note. Apple has been part of the usb c project from the beginning and based on some biographies - they worked hard to never release Lightning. But they needed to drop the old 30pin connector and found usb C not ready when they needed it - so they release the lightning port instead. Then stuck to it for obvious profit /ecosystem reasons.
Ashyr@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Because it demonstrates the abilities for Democratic governments to regulate the excess of recalcitrant corporations.
Eggyhead@artemis.camp 1 year ago
If you read most of those articles, though, this narrative is unfortunately not usually emphasized.
kirklennon@kbin.social 1 year ago
A decade ago, years before USB-C was ready, Apple announced Lightning as their connector for “the next decade.” There’s no need to emphasize government regulation when there’s scant evidence it had any impact at all.
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Lmao you’re seriously drinking the KOOL aid here.
If that’s the case, why did apple launch a drawn out legal battle with the EU against this if they were going to do it anyway?