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  • Lightning versus USB-C: Pros and cons for the iPhone

    bshankbshank
    MplsP said:
    mike1 said:
    MplsP said:
    "USB C is the future!" - Craig Federini (and everyone here who tried to justify the complete removal of USB A ports on MacBooks 7 years ago)

    It's funny how many people here were more than happy to trumpet Apple's removal of USB A ports as a move towards the future but suddenly change their tune when the big, mean, EVIL EU dares force Apple to switch to the USB C port! I like the lightning port for the reasons mentioned above, but Apple has already started moving its devices over to USB C, creating inconsistency within its own ecosystem. Moving everything over to USB C will ultimately be more convenient for everyone and shouldn't compromise function at all.

    I find it ironic when people say "just remove it completely and go wireless." If you're already wireless then what do you care about the port anyway? Like the article says, if the existing base of peripherals is an argument for keeping lightning then it's an equal argument against going completely wireless. The argument to eliminate the port completely is more akin to a 3 year old stamping their feet because they have to do something they don't want to than it is a rational argument. 

    Also, as the article points out, for a company that claims environmental concerns are a priority, forcing everyone to waste 30%+ percent of the energy used to charge their phones hardly seems responsible. 
    The problem with and lunacy of the requirement is that it mandates a connector that likely would be obsolete and inferior in a few years. So what then? Wait for the EU to decide which connector is best for all of humankind 5 years too late. What would have happened if the EU existed in 1988 and said that 5” floppy disks should have been mandatory on all computing devices?!
    Because the rule is written in stone and can never be changed. And they would never listen to the industry to update the standard? Your histrionic argument falls rather flat. 
    Governments should not be deciding what connectors electronics manufacturers put on phones. It is pure stupidity to tie up government debate around such an issue easily resolved by the private sector on it’s own. Maybe focus of finding a new source of natural gas and oil rather than automating your energy policy with Putin and grinding the government through debates about charging connections. 
    watto_cobra

  • Lightning versus USB-C: Pros and cons for the iPhone

    bshankbshank
    What is not mentioned is how many small and medium sized businesses make MFi products. Apple supports these businesses by having such a certification program that gives people “choice”, something I thought the EU was all about. So much for fake anti-trust and anti-competitive narrative. The EU will be doing damage to those small businesses that make the majority of their profit off the MFi program, some being European. That’s another reason Apple hasn’t changed from Lightning I would assume, so they don’t pull the rug out from other companies that depend on selling certified Apple accessories. But I guess Margarethe Vestager and her cohort will feel like they are powerful or some crap, while subverting the EU and EC’s own stated goals. Seems equally short sighted as decrying violent tyrants like Vladimir Putin while creating an energy policy that depends on that dictator. 
    Alex1Nmaximarawatto_cobra

  • EU accuses Apple of breaking antitrust laws with Apple Pay [u]

    bshankbshank
    The EU needs to focus on their energy crisis for Christ sake! They are absurd
    watto_cobra

  • Apple to face further charges in EU antitrust investigation

    bshankbshank
    Apple’s logo is the color white so the EU will continue to bring charges and taxes
    watto_cobra

  • EU votes to back Right to Repair proposals

    bshankbshank
    lkrupp said:
    avon b7 said:
    Excellent news. Now it's time for 'design for repair'.

    The warranty extension is a great idea but there will be devils in the details for sure, just as there are at the moment. 

    The first industry to get this treatment will probably be the textile industry with requirements for longer lasting garments. 

    Another great move, away from the 'use and wash three times' and throw away. 

    Design for repair? Can’t wait to see an iPhone designed by the EU, can you?
    No privacy, supports all messaging apps to to the point iMessage becomes the least secure service and provides $20 per month automatically through an EU mandate to support these phishing schemes as the people are in poor countries and we all need to help them, Spotify can dictate that Apple Music is not allowed in Europe at all and is pre-installed on iPhone in all other countries else am Vestager will tax Apple more, iPhone can supply natural gas finally so that the EU can become autonomous from Putin (but that doesn’t matter because if the EC doesn’t tax Apple 10x in the next 2 years it will be considered Illegal State Aid and the EU can collect back taxes all the way to 1950 before Apple was even founded, and there is no protection against malware anymore because the EU forces customers to side load as the App Store is banned so Russian, Nigerian, and Chinese hackers steal from EU citizens bank accounts as they are provided direct access by the government to redistribute to those poor hackers who have to spend their days stealing. Someday they will pursue honest work if we all allow them to make enough money. 
    watto_cobra