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Subject: Re: Does Apple normally add the UK when the EU forces Apple
 to care about its customers?
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2024 16:51:11 -0000 (UTC)
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Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> wrote:
> On 2024-09-14 16:26, Alan Browne wrote:
>> On 2024-09-14 11:13, Isaac Montara wrote:
>>> On Sat, 14 Sep 2024 15:59:46 +0100, Mark Carver wrote:
>>> 
>>>>> The new iPhone has USB-C not micro USB.
>>>>> 
>>>> As do most (all ?) Androids made this decade ?
>>> 
>>> As so most portable devices that need to be recharged away from home.
>>> https://www.amazon.com/Portable-Charger-Charging-Tri-Outputs-Compatible/dp/B091BSG9GS/
>>> 
>>> Such as bluetooth speakerphones which are used with mobile devices.
>>> https://www.amazon.com/1mii-Bluetooth-Speakerphone-Portable-Assistant/dp/B0BN5TJ2LC/
>>> 
>>> Basically all non-Apple bluetooth headphones can be charged with USB-C.
>>> https://www.amazon.com/BERIBES-Bluetooth-Headphones-Microphone-Lightweight/dp/B09LYF2ST7/
>>> 
>>> Even wired headphones are connected to mobile devices using USB-C.
>>> https://www.amazon.com/Kensington-USB-C-Hi-Fi-Headphones-K97456WW/dp/B08GPKHHPV/
>>> 
>>> You have to wonder why every company but Apple opted for USB-C when it's
>>> only Apple who has to be legally obligated to give its users that 
>>> courtesy.
>>> 
>>> Even then, Apple is only legally obligated to be nice to its EU 
>>> customers.
>> 
>> The European USB-C fiasco just creates more e-waste.
>> 
>> Apple, in its own good time, would have brought USB-C to iPhone, etc. 
>> Indeed, the newest iPhone would likely have been the launch USB-C 
>> iPhone.  Instead the EU forced Apple to go a year early.
>> 
>> All this "decision" does is create early e-waste of lightning connectors 
>> and some wall-warts.
>> 
>> Government over regulating.  EU!
> 
> BOLLOCKS!  The above is just yet another predictable example of Apple 
> propaganda & EU-bashing.  The simple truth is that nearly all the other 
> manufacturers had already adopted the USB-C standard while it was still 
> voluntary, but Apple had more or less refused point blank [my caps to 
> highlight the overwhelming majority]:
> 
> https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20200128IPR71205/parliament-wants-binding-rules-on-common-chargers-to-be-tabled-by-summer
> 
> "The EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT calls on the Commission to put forward 
> beefed-up rules on common chargers by July 2020 at the latest.
> 
> There is an “urgent need for EU regulatory action” to reduce electronic 
> waste and empower consumers to make sustainable choices, MEPS SAY IN A 
> RESOLUTION APPROVED BY 582 VOTES TO 40, WITH 37 ABSTENTIONS, calling for 
> the mandatory introduction of common chargers for all mobile devices.
> 
> [...]
> 
> For more than 10 years, MEPs have been demanding a common charger for 
> mobile phones, tablets, e-book readers and other portable devices"
> 
> Yet, despite having over a decade to do so, Apple still hadn't complied.
> 

Pretty much all new Apple products are now USB-C. I’m typing this on a
USB-C iPad. The new iPhone 16 is also so equipped, as are I believe their
new AirPod chargers. MacBooks have been USB-C powered for years - probably
one of the earliest laptops to adopt the standard.