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XrProOS?
hope it doesn’t mean Apple plans to start charging for the OS.

Ah yes there was that bad capacitor issue with the G5. I admit the main reason I liked it was being able to open it, see the diagnostic lights, easily replace HDD and RAM, heck even replace the PRAM battery with no difficulty. It was all right there after opening the back.

Alex1N said:

mfryd said:

Laws don't always have their intended effect.

If you read the EU law, it doesn't require that all phones have USB-C charging.  Only phones that charge with a wire.  Phones that charge exclusively via MagSafe, or other wireless charging methods do not need a USB-C connector.

Apple has the option of a software change to make the lightning connector "data only".  If they do that, all current iPhone models would meet the current spec, without any hardware changes whatsoever.

It turns out that the EU law, doesn't require USB-C, it merely prohibits other wired charging methods.  Apple has the option of choosing to meet the rules by reducing functionality via software for iPhones sold in the EU. 

I am in that boat already with my iPhone 12 Pro Max - the Lightning socket in the phone has failed completely, as in dead as a doornail, no charging or data. The only way to charge it is with the magnetic puck, which has, of course, its own USB-C connector and charger.

Using the USB-C pick is fine by me, the only skin that I really have in the iPhone Lightning game now is - or rather, was - CarPlay, but with the defunct Lightning socket I no longer have CarPlay access, which is annoying (a failed USB-C connector would result in the same CarPlay situation, natürlich).

Sounds like a great excuse to get a wireless CarPlay dongle.  

macxpress said:

The EU might as well just be Apple's new design/engineering team. They're doing a great job at stifling innovation by mandating ports and speeds....let's not stop there! What's next, Apple has to make every new iPhone with a minimum 50MP camera? Or, perhaps they will mandate that all new iPhones must be able to run both Android and iOS? 

That all phones must fit the same case or The State will come for you.  People can still personalise the case with stickers if they want them to look different to the approved colours.

mikethemartian said:

Why would a company give control of its product to another company?

Perhaps the content owner of the content on the infotainment system isn’t GM, which was kinda the Ford guy’s point.

GM is trying to monetise their EVs by also becoming a middleman between the content owner and the driver. Clipping the ticket.  If I was generous some MBA weenie convinced leadership to try to reduce the up front price of EVs as a barrier to entry by,  in this case monetising the infotainment system through data mining.  The next logical step would be to actually charge a subscription for these kinds of services, only possible if GM controls access. And after that of course, make the whole car a subscription.

the corporations will own everything in the end.