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nubus said:

cabassi said:

nubus said:

The "Apple did USB C on their own" is simply not true. Apple agreed in 2009 and 2014 to standardize the connector. EU told about the plans in 2019 to make it USB-C - that is 4 years ago. And no... Apple couldn't wait to next year. Apple is selling iPhone 13, 14, 15 - next year it will be 14, 15, 16... but at the end of 2024 only USB-C devices can be in the shops.

Apple will have to terminate sales of non USB-C devices clear all inventory from 27 countries... if they did so with 16 then they would have 3 months to get rid of all previous versions. It had to be this year, and even so iPhone 14 will have to be removed ahead of time from EU probably early next year to avoid having the products in the shops.

You’re wrong about a lot of this. The EU announced the ruling on USB-C in 2021, and announced the timing of it at the end of 2022. Also, only phones newly introduced to the market after the deadline (Dec 28, 2024) will have to have USB-C. Apple can continue to sell pre-existing models after that. 

Eh... the parliament voted on this in 2014 (550 votes to 12), a research report was delivered in 2019, a resolution made in 2020, and the final vote was in 2022 - Apple knew for years this was going to happen. Apple says they worked with EU for 10 years on this (see link).

And no... Apple can't sell non USB-C models in the EU after that date. That is why AirPods Pro 2 just got USB-C as well - and the same will happen to Apple Pencil, mouse, trackpads, keyboards etc. At least Greg Joswiak is on record saying Apple will comply: https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/wsj-tech-live-2022/card/apple-says-iphones-will-comply-with-eu-law-requiring-usb-c-charging-ljK6qqmQkOkF2RdnWvrc - so... do expect a lot of upgrades.