Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Alan Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,uk.telecom.mobile,comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: EI mew ;abeling regulations June 20th 2025 Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2025 16:41:57 -0800 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: <8u8k6lx5s2.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 01:41:57 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="2cdb10a3f7443cdb0a766b88bff50256"; logging-data="1426308"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+QXdCReT3Vyrc5HNMOLjkp1ix+oUzaXr4=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:jmoFjJLhQvh+CrMPFcvkSbxxFis= Content-Language: en-CA In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2237 On 2025-01-27 16:39, Carlos E.R. wrote: > On 2025-01-27 22:56, Alan wrote: >> On 2025-01-27 13:38, Peter wrote: >>> Your Name wrote: >>> >>>>> Huh, no. It would be a standard if many manufacturers followed it. >>>>> None did. >>>> >>>> It still has a set of "standards", in the sense of the rules Apple >>>> defined as to what it can and cannot do, how it should be made, etc. >>> >>> What non-Apple device charged by Apple's proprietary Lightning cable? >> >> Wrong question? >> >> What third party products conformed to Apple's specs for Lightning? >> >> The answer is: "Many, many, many". > > Only those designed to work with Apple hardware, not generic hardware. Yes. That is LITERALLY what I just said. > > Me, I have only once seen one such device, a pair of earphone buds that > my bank used as a gift. The point is that there was not industry-wide standard for smartphone connectivity... ....so Apple designed and used something better than any of the available options.