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This is a good move. Finally my partner and I, with apple and android devices respectively, can share chargers if need be. it's a pity that Apple didn't play ball voluntarily, and had to be ordered to be nice.
Lol. What if the standard turns out to be lightning?
But there is no way Lightning could be a standard because only Apple is using it.
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"I know what is best for you and me, so I'll force you to make the chargers I want" I don't think Apple are the biggest assholes in this situation.
So, to be clear, your position is that the very concept of regulation is illegitimate? "I know what is best for you, so I'll force you to make the car safety features I want".
The idea here is that "of we regulate it people will have access to safer livelihoods" the reality is that you are raising the barrier to entry for that particular lifestyle and in effect reducing lower class socio economic accessibility. Just because the feds mandate all new cars have backup cams doesn't mean people can afford the costs associated with it. People should have the ability to leverage risk to better their financial well being. Anything else and you have no class mobility and no autonomy.
This is a good move. Finally my partner and I, with apple and android devices respectively, can share chargers if need be. it's a pity that Apple didn't play ball voluntarily, and had to be ordered to be nice.
Yay for sensible legislation.
I thought all these EU tech regulations might do some good But now when I arrive at any website I have to accept cookie policy, then I have to accept that they will invade my privacy and log my data (or waste half an hour un-checking boxes) and only then can I get down to the business of not signing up to their newsletter and not downloading their app. Maybe this is simpler but tech companies seem to find loopholes f…
I suspect the EU will introduce new legislation in due course, but of course, they are heavily lobbied too by the tech industry, so it may take some time.,
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I think Apple genuinely believe that they can provide a better product, and I believe they can too. I just don't care. The inability to borrow cables or swap them between devices in the past was a not insignificant hassle. Keeping boxes of cables, not being able to borrow a friend's charger when visiting, not being able to replace cables except by ordering a new one from the manufacturer half a world away. Constant m…
Agreed. Also let's remember that Apple makes a pretty penny off of all those cables and chargers.
Lightning is a crap proprietary design from my point of view. If it was USB-C I could just change the cable.
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And then wait 20 years for everyone to agree?
That is an order of magnitude exaggeration. Lightning appeared in 2012. USB-C appeared in 2014. 20 years means we'd apparently still be waiting for another 12 years for USB-C. Hardly helps your argument.
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Wall sockets are standard - but what about the other end?
My point is that at this point, benefits of standartisation outweight benefits of marginal innovation. What are you actually saying? "if a toaster doesn't work off USB C, neither should an iPhone have to?
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I’m saying that the analogy is flawed. There has never been a mandate or standard for the device end of a power cord.
It's not an analogy, it's a general principle: we put a standard in place in important industries with mature technology. Your car has a standard interface to a petrol pump. Fire engine has a standard interface to a fire hydrant. Some people believe it's time for a standard interface between a phone and a charger.