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From: Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid>
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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 18:00:04 +0100
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On 2024-09-14 17:51, Tweed wrote:
>
> Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> wrote:
>>
>> 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.

As now they *MUST*, but Alan Browne's false claim implied that Apple 
were already complying at the time that the legislation made compliance 
compulsory, but in fact they were not, which is exactly WHY the 
legislation made compliance compulsory!

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