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From: Larry Wolff <larrywolff@larrywolff.net>
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Subject: Re: Does Apple normally add the UK when the EU forces Apple to care about its customers?
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 23:33:33 -0400
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On Mon, 16 Sep 2024 17:36:15 -0000 (UTC), Tweed wrote:

> Another thought connected with the semi conductor shortage - they may have
> felt that they couldn't produce enough usb-c chargers. Lightning iPhone
> purchasers would likely be using an existing charger, especially Apple had
> stopped automatically supplying them with a new phone. Switching to usb-c
> is very likely to cause an uptick in usb-c charger purchases at the time of
> buying your first usb-c iPhone. It would not look good if Apple said their
> chargers were in supply constraint. Not being able to buy semiconductors
> freely was a real issue for two years post Covid, as shown by the car
> manufacturers.

The real reason was stated in the business news at the time where Apple's 
profits for wireless chargers & high-power wired chargers went up something 
like five thousand percent year over year when Apple simply stopped 
supplying the chargers and instead - sold them at the point of sale.