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Comment by ribit

3 years ago

Apple has been moving their entire lineup to USB-C for a while already (iPad Pro in 2020, iPad Mini in 2021, more devices this year) . Sure, in public they have to oppose tech sector regulation, but I wouldn't be surprised if they were secretly happy as it provides them with an excuse. If some customers who have heavily invested into the Lighting ecosystem complains then can always say "look, it was the EU, blame them".

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CharlesW  3 years ago

Absolutely. If Apple would've switched to USB-C without an EU mandate, they would've received mountains of bad press about the unprecedented amount of e-waste and confusion that will result because of this switch. So they pressured the EU to mandate the change to a standard that Apple helped pioneer, so that Apple's environmentally-friendly record would remain unblemished.

  • adam_arthur  3 years ago

    The mountains of e-waste created by keeping around a zombie protocol far exceeds a transition to a widely used and accepted standard.

    The majority of people with iPhone likely already have USB-C cables anyway, so requires no net new purchase

    • scarface74  3 years ago

      How many of those users have USB C cables capable of video over USB, USB3 speeds etc?

      If the EU were going to “mandate” something, don’t be half assed about it.

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