I also like how he’s completely unaware that iPhones have different SKUs for North America and Europe, because the LTE bands are different.
Wait till he finds out that most of the US used to be on CDMA, so there were even two entirely separate versions of iPhone on the US market alone!
So separate is easy Apple will do it again now that Intel is gone and soon Qualcomm will be joining them.
Apple is expected to give, host, do R&D and share with EU companies as a so-called “tech gatekeeper” a made up construct of the EU.
The EU however will get their wish, but that new EU iPhone won’t have the same components as the rest of the world (EU burner phone?). The EU and Russians are going to split interconnection, the EU thru regulation overreach and Russians thru War.
What a stupid waste of time for government. Having many different types of charges on cell phones is annoying, but it’s such a small dumb thing. Instead of working important problems, government is using its immense power to solve a tiny annoyance.
Did you miss WEEE and RoHS? They represented massive change in industry and had an impact worldwide.
This proposal is part of a suite of proposals. You should be looking at it from a wider perspective.
Europe (EU) is behind tech wise on the desktop and in mobile, Apple may need to design one iPhone for the USA, Japan and the rest or the world and one for Europe the (EU), easy done now that Intel is history. And same also applies to the AppStore. The tech Balkans is coming.
The more road blocks the EU comes up with the further behind they will get.
How can harmonisation be a roadblock?
How can interoperability be a roadblock?
How can standardisation be a roadblock?
I'm not sure how the EU can be behind techwise on the desktop and mobile when there is actually more choice for those elements within the EU than the US.
I hope you realize that some pretty important components in iPhones and Macs are from EU companies. Not to mention manufacturing elements from the likes of ASML.
The EU expects Apple (Gatekeeper their words) to give everything away for free to benefit the lackluster tech companies based in the EU, whether it’s a plug, iMessage or the AppStore, let the Irish two-step go EU you lost.
What lackluster tech companies might those be?
If the EU wanted what you say, then Apple would instantly pull out of the region. That isn't happening so...
At least, wasn’t that the solution for the micro USB mandate? (Though I never received such an adapter in any boxed iPhone I’ve purchased here in the UK before, or since, we left the EU)
This request/law really is a backward initiative. What if USB-C ports will be obsolete in the (near) future, as something much better will be invented? Will the EU issue a new law then? Really? We have no bigger problems to resolve?
Be nice to get rid of another oddball connector. Besides, the lightning is slow for data transfer. At least with USB C you can get some decent speed. Should have dumped lightning years back.
Lightning has supported USB 3.0 transfer speeds since the iPad Pro released in 2015, seven years ago.
Slow transfer speeds are a Limitation of the iPhone, NOT of Lightning.
This request/law really is a backward initiative. What if USB-C ports will be obsolete in the (near) future, as something much better will be invented? Will the EU issue a new law then? Really? We have no bigger problems to resolve?
Be nice to get rid of another oddball connector. Besides, the lightning is slow for data transfer. At least with USB C you can get some decent speed. Should have dumped lightning years back.
Lightning has supported USB 3.0 transfer speeds since the iPad Pro released in 2015, seven years ago.
Slow transfer speeds are a Limitation of the iPhone, NOT of Lightning.
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Apple is expected to give, host, do R&D and share with EU companies as a so-called “tech gatekeeper” a made up construct of the EU.
The EU however will get their wish, but that new EU iPhone won’t have the same components as the rest of the world (EU burner phone?). The EU and Russians are going to split interconnection, the EU thru regulation overreach and Russians thru War.
If the EU wanted what you say, then Apple would instantly pull out of the region. That isn't happening so...
At least, wasn’t that the solution for the micro USB mandate? (Though I never received such an adapter in any boxed iPhone I’ve purchased here in the UK before, or since, we left the EU)