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So they missed the boat by 15 years?

• monocasa 7y ago
  They passed this 15 years ago. They gave apple the benefit of the doubt with the 30 pin connector and lightning that apple was going to make them standards, apple hasn't made that happen, so now the EU is saying they have to use an actual standard.
• bpfrh 7y ago
  AFAIK that is the directive that that was already planned years ago. I remember many years ago there was a new charger for each version(!) of a phone, so the EU said either the companies choose a common port voluntary or they will regulate them. That was 2009 shortly after that every major phone provider switched to micro usb, except of course apple. 2014 the first regulation was voted and should have went in effect 2017.