> It's Apples best interest to make technology that the consumers want so that they can sell more units of that.
It's Apple's best interest to do what makes them money, and it often aligns with what customers want.
> A political organization like EU has no say in this.
Standards bodies in the EU have be defining things like this for decades.
> EU citizens already make this decision for themselves by voting with money and choosing to buy/not buy an iPhone.
As an Apple customer I might be voting with my money, but not on the connector specifically -- just on whether the product's collective pros outweigh their cons (and whether it's better than the competitor's, ofc). If I could vote, I would've voted for USB-C a long time ago, but I just get to choose between a set of products with varying compromises. Don't know why you try to make it seem like a democratic choice.
> Today is one of the dark days of EU. In short sight it's a victory. But in long sight it's a hinderence to progress by enforcing a technology on the market instead of letting the free market decide the technology.
If the free market had its say, it'd be choosing profits over the environment, consumer safety and worker rights every time. Or..? Why hasn't the US, with much laxer regulations free-marketed itself to utopia?