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""Apple has better app selection (for most people). Apple has been increasingly implementing the core features that differentiate Android devices, like USB-C an

""Apple has better app selection (for most people). Apple has been increasingly implementing the core features that differentiate Android devices, like USB-C and RCS."" You mean Apple has been forced by regulators to implement core features like USB-C and RCS? https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-apple-monopolizing-smartphone-markets https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/justice-department-s... https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32022L2380 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32...

dietr1ch 8mo ago
Sure, but uninformed consumers won't see it that way. Maybe in their circles it just sounds like a great idea and they thank Apple for implementing it.
- lkjdsklf 8mo ago
  Even if you’re an informed consumer, it doesn’t matter. Whether they did it out of the goodness of their heart or because a regulator forced them, it’s still got usb-c
AlexandrB 8mo ago
Saying they were forced to implement USB-C is really overstating things. Apple loooved USB-C - so much so that their ill-fated butterfly switch laptops went all-in on it. They also helped design it. It's highly likely they were planning a move to USB-C anyway and the EU just pushed it forward a year.
- weazl 8mo ago
  This is untrue. Apple was fighting EU the entire time trying to avoid a switch to USB-C on iPhones. EU representatives were publicly critical of Apple, eventually Apple was forced to give in.
  - acdha 8mo ago
    I realize a conspiracy narrative gets more clicks but … you know Apple started the development of USB-C and shipped some of the first devices in 2015, right? People whined about the MacBooks requiring new hubs, etc. for a couple of years and got over it. The same thing happened with the iPad in 2018, AirPods, etc. When they introduced Lightning in 2012, they made a commitment to all of the third-party hardware developers that iPhones would support it for a decade. I’m sure the EU pressure helped but USB-C iPhones shipping in 2023 is right on that original timing.
    - izacus 8mo ago
      Why are you so motivated to rewrite history to defend a mega corporation?
      - burnerthrow008 8mo ago
        Why are you so motivated to fight the truth?
        kakacik 8mo ago
        Truth is, apple didn't want to migrate their phones due to some internal decision not relevant for us, and the fact some other devices were on it doesn't change this. Users comfort was never part of the equation, its politics, sales projection, stabs at competition and similar. Truth is, apple fought EU hard, we saw it from inside quite well. Backstabs, some cheap tricks trying to delay and evade this, even when it was clear how things will be. Not their best days to be polite. Why giving some heartless mega corporation free moral credits if they are not well deserved?
      - acdha 8mo ago
        I’m not: each thing I wrote is common knowledge—read the Wikipedia pages for the Lightning and USB-C pages if you don’t believe me—and it’s a little silly to spin this as something other than large companies not making massive supply chain changes quickly. I’m glad USB-C has won but you don’t change things deployed in the hundreds of millions in a year–I saw an original iPhone connector in the wild as recently as last year!

dietr1ch 8mo ago

Sure, but uninformed consumers won't see it that way. Maybe in their circles it just sounds like a great idea and they thank Apple for implementing it.

lkjdsklf 8mo ago
Even if you’re an informed consumer, it doesn’t matter. Whether they did it out of the goodness of their heart or because a regulator forced them, it’s still got usb-c

AlexandrB 8mo ago

Saying they were forced to implement USB-C is really overstating things. Apple loooved USB-C - so much so that their ill-fated butterfly switch laptops went all-in on it. They also helped design it. It's highly likely they were planning a move to USB-C anyway and the EU just pushed it forward a year.

weazl 8mo ago
This is untrue. Apple was fighting EU the entire time trying to avoid a switch to USB-C on iPhones. EU representatives were publicly critical of Apple, eventually Apple was forced to give in.
- acdha 8mo ago
  I realize a conspiracy narrative gets more clicks but … you know Apple started the development of USB-C and shipped some of the first devices in 2015, right? People whined about the MacBooks requiring new hubs, etc. for a couple of years and got over it. The same thing happened with the iPad in 2018, AirPods, etc. When they introduced Lightning in 2012, they made a commitment to all of the third-party hardware developers that iPhones would support it for a decade. I’m sure the EU pressure helped but USB-C iPhones shipping in 2023 is right on that original timing.
  - izacus 8mo ago
    Why are you so motivated to rewrite history to defend a mega corporation?
    - burnerthrow008 8mo ago
      Why are you so motivated to fight the truth?
      - kakacik 8mo ago
        Truth is, apple didn't want to migrate their phones due to some internal decision not relevant for us, and the fact some other devices were on it doesn't change this. Users comfort was never part of the equation, its politics, sales projection, stabs at competition and similar. Truth is, apple fought EU hard, we saw it from inside quite well. Backstabs, some cheap tricks trying to delay and evade this, even when it was clear how things will be. Not their best days to be polite. Why giving some heartless mega corporation free moral credits if they are not well deserved?
    - acdha 8mo ago
      I’m not: each thing I wrote is common knowledge—read the Wikipedia pages for the Lightning and USB-C pages if you don’t believe me—and it’s a little silly to spin this as something other than large companies not making massive supply chain changes quickly. I’m glad USB-C has won but you don’t change things deployed in the hundreds of millions in a year–I saw an original iPhone connector in the wild as recently as last year!