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IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz 1 year agoEU attempted to get smartphone manufacturers to agree on a standard so that law wouldn’t be necessary to avoid this scenario. Guess which company didn’t want to play with the others?
ddigger@lemm.ee 1 year ago
HollandJim@lemmy.world 1 year ago
And they didn’t want to do it because of the previous comment - what don’t you understand?
IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
The original proposal was that companies agree by themselves a common standard to use so that legislation woudln’t be needed. They had their chance to go on without legally forced change but they didn’t want to.
Additionally EU has given Apple multiple warnings about not to hinder USB-C functionality like fast charging so that it would only work with their own chargers and cables.
HollandJim@lemmy.world 1 year ago
So, they agree to a common standard AFTER Apple has switched to Lightning. These ideas sound so great if you ignore timelines and what really happened when.
Celivalg@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 year ago
The world had subtlety agreed on a different standard (mico usb) when apple decided to do decide to switch to a proprietary one (lightning)
Granted, micro Usb is shit, but switching to a proprietary standard is worse as you force everyone to have something different.
Were lightning not proprietary, I could definitely see it overcomming micro usb everywhere
IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
SaintWacko@midwest.social 1 year ago
I mean, my comment is something to consider, but it’s definitely not why Apple doesn’t want it lol
MeanEYE@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Guess which company is now forced to do it in second revision of the same law or is going to get forbidden from selling their devices in EU. Being an asshole strongarming your way around works for certain countries on this planet that have legalized bribing and call it lobbying. EU doesn’t give a shit.