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EU has been trying to work with Apple on this almost since the lighting cable was released. I believe there were discussions about potentially standardizing on
by Guvante 3y ago
EU has been trying to work with Apple on this almost since the lighting cable was released.
I believe there were discussions about potentially standardizing on Lighting if Apple relinquished it's tight control over the technology but they were not interested in that path.
The EU decided that Apple cannot dictate what cables are used to charge their phones to the degree of at one point charging manufacturers $4 per cable (to be fair it seems like Apple was providing the hardware so it wasn't a pure licensing charge).
- simondotau 3y agoHuh? I didn't say anything about Apple. The parent post didn't say say anything about Apple. The grandparent didn't say anything about Apple. The great grandparent didn't say anything about Apple. The world doesn't revolve around Apple. My criticism of the EU policy has nothing to do with the port on an iPhone. If you're curious, my main objection to the EU is that I don't think USB-C is a good standard and I don't like the prospect of the whole industry stuck with USB-C longer than appropriate because there's no incentive to experiment and possibly come up with something dramatically better.