This assumes that it is in the government’s interest to dictate the kind of cable used to charge phones, and that making the “wrong” choice is such a bad outcom

This assumes that it is in the government’s interest to dictate the kind of cable used to charge phones, and that making the “wrong” choice is such a bad outcome that industry needs to “self-regulate”. Perhaps the EU should step in to force industry to do what is right in all cases, not just charging cables: - ban e2e encryption - pedos and criminals use it - mandate client-side CSAM scanning on all devices, report directly to local police instead of going through untrustworthy Apple (they can’t even get charging cables right, can we trust them to protect your child?) - require all new devices to be tamper resistant so you can’t get around EU laws - require all phones to be the same shape and size so that citizens can re-use screen protectors and cases in perpetuity - ban purple devices - it offends EU bureaucrats, and obviously the continued existence of purple phones is evidence of the industry’s failure to self-regulate. EU bureaucrats know better than the market and always have.