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Well, no you don't have to vote with your dollars, you can vote for free. Which I think is the better solution, especially for people who have no choice for vot
by zaarn 4y ago
Well, no you don't have to vote with your dollars, you can vote for free. Which I think is the better solution, especially for people who have no choice for voting with their dollars, ie poor people.
- scarface74 4y agoPeople don’t have a choice but to buy iPhones?
- zaarn 4y agoOr any other specific phone. And then be bound by whatever charger there happens to be.
- scarface74 4y agoAnd the phone comes with one. They also might have to rebuy their apps. Should all phones now be forced to run the same apps? Even decade+ old cars support the old iPod protocol for music (still supported by iPhones). Should the government force all phones to support the iPod protocol for the sake of “the poor people so they don’t have to buy new cars”? It would also be inconvenient for former iPhone users who have AirPrint printers. Should we force all phone makers to support AirPrint? It’s based on an open source protocol.
- zaarn 4y agoIs there currently an issue with phones not working with cars? There is an issue with a huge amount of waste and spent money relating to chargers, especially disadvantaging poor people. If everyone is on USB-C that stops being a problem. All chargers work with your device and all devices work with your charger. I fail to see how escalating the problem into extremes addresses the advantages of the EU decision...