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> in the same way Apple was forced to adopt USB Type-C? What in the what now? Apple adopted the latest USB standard as a way to reduce the BOM on it's devices
by cptskippy 9y ago
> in the same way Apple was forced to adopt USB Type-C?
What in the what now?
Apple adopted the latest USB standard as a way to reduce the BOM on it's devices by consolidating ports. They did the same thing with the iMac almost 20 years ago. No one is twisting their arm on it, if anything people are asking them to not jump whole hog on USB Type-C but instead take a gradual approach to adopting it.
- dooglius 9y agoClarified; I had mistakenly thought this was the result of EU regulation, but it looks like they were already considered in compliance before that[0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_external_power_supply#Reception https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_external_power_supply#R...
- cptskippy 9y agoThat legislation was specific to mobile phones and has since expired. It asked that chargers either have USB Type A Female or USB Type Micro B Male connectors, Apple already offered Type A Female and thus was always in compliance. It would not surprise me if there were similar legislation around Type C however the industry is still coming to terms with Type C and so I don't anticipate that happening for a few years.