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lam92103 said:

Good, atleast EU has the balls to hold Apple accountable. This is anti-competitive behaviour at the least

No, it’s not. Other companies are free to make their own platforms (which they have) and cut deals with other device makers that have substantial market share.

This is a case of the middle men (banks and the credit monopolies MC/VS/Disc) not wanting to give up their power.

Do some bloody research before embarrassing yourself.

person said:

Do credit card companies make it so you can use the nfc chips in their cards work with other companies?
I think not

Yes, they do. Do some research, please. 

CheeseFreeze said:

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? 

Apple is the one that is abusing their control over a connector that’s outdated and terrible for the environment. And Apple is once again trying to regain control over USB with this nonsense because they are afraid they lose revenue over these damn cables. It’s pathetic.  

USB-C is much faster 
Stop making a bigger deal out of it. 

a) USB-C is still very much a confusing mess of standards. Lightning is not. USB-C is also quantifiably more prone to breakage and wear. More waste.  
b) Not every device needs or can use “faster”, forcing inappropriate conformity drives up costs and wastes materials.
c) Cables wear, no matter what, so the obsession with “the charger” is odd. All my chargers still work, some going back to the  ‘80s. Yet I see no proposals for reusing these. I see no requirement to produce a low cost adapter for Lightning to USB-C. Chargers and cables that were all interoperable and replaceable via USB-A were given a huge nudge forward by Apple. Before that, there were endless changes to USB and proprietary connectors in the computing space. Where was the concern then?
d) If efficiency, standardization, and waste management were the real concerns, why not authorize one provider of phone equipment? Ban all e-trash Android phones. You get one phone, period. That’s efficient.

PS - Next time you say something as dumb as “terrible for the environment” you’d better have a study or two that proves that. The fact is that ALL cables, chargers, and electronics are harmful to the environment. It’s mostly a matter of degree, given production techniques and materials science. Changing ports will do squat to make a difference at this stage of climate change, particularly looking at the lag time for effects.

If you’re genuinely concerned about your impact on the environment you wouldn’t be buying the latest and greatest. Heck, you wouldn’t be living the lifestyle you and most Europeans are living. So please, stop fracking whining about the environment when it comes to charging cables. 

hexclock said:

This isn’t really new at all. Apple has been doing this since it took a ride over to Xerox labs and looked at the mouse. 

Hey d@mbchite, research your history. Xerox signed an agreement with Apple, for which it was handsomely compensated. And Apple hired those engineers (with Xerox’s blessing) who wanted to see their ideas become product, rather than stay pure R&D. 

You’ll note MS ripped off both Xerox and Apple, and tried to drive Apple out of business until the feds started breathing down it's collective neck.

The same MS that sent limos to pick up employees of competitors at their offices in order to recruit them. 

Also you farknode, Englbart invented the mouse circa 1963, publicly demoed in1968. 

Uhhhuh... When did a company that can afford $55-$100 in legal costs become “a small company”.

The term “sherlocking” really needs to be retired. This is a practice that broad swaths of the economy engage in frequently. (Including re-treading articles from “news” organizations with poorly veiled axes to grind.)