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Subject: Re: Does Apple normally add the UK when the EU forces Apple
 to care about its customers?
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2024 15:37:09 -0000 (UTC)
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Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:
> On 2024-09-14 17:15, Bill Powell wrote:
>> 
>> So it shouldn't matter if nobody else uses Apple's connector.
>> It's a free and openly competitive world market, isn't it?
> 
> The EU meddles in things it should leave well enough alone.
> 
> It's not like USB-C is guaranteed to be adequate in 5 years from now.
> 

Nothing is guaranteed in the world of electronics, but I think USB-C has
many more years life left in it.  It can support up to 240W power delivery
and data rates up to 20 Gbits/sec. Beyond that speed you are probably
looking at some sort of optical transmission.