But Apple is trying to do a useful thing -- guarantee availability of slow charging cables...
Are "slow" charging cables more preferential to keep a better battery health?
EU sends Apple stark warning over USB-C charging on new iPhones
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Re: EU sends Apple stark warning over USB-C charging on new iPhones
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There are now zero incentives to research and develop better plugs in the EU since it is illegal to market devices sporting them instead of USB-C.
The rest of the world can develop the superior charging cable plugs and we can use this thing called internet to find out about it.
Depending on the rest of the world for tech, research and innovation is why us, Europeans, are worried about these authoritarian EU mandates which can only cause us falling further behind the rest of the world.
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#173Earlier quoted context omitted.
EU is the second largest market in the world. Of course everything is going to be made in a way that's sellable in the EU. > Also, you are not banned from engineering other solutions. The police isn't going to knock on the doors of engineers who are suspected to develop better charging cables :) We are discussing under an article where the regulator has sent a "stern warning" to a company. I don't think what you're s…
Not necessarily. If you come up with such a superior plug, you can easily have it sold on the 1st largest market in the world. Not everything has to be sold in EU, there are plenty of things not available across all markets.
No, I can't. I need to sell it on both markets to make it profitable. There's no way to have that large margins it could sell just in the US.
Re: EU sends Apple stark warning over USB-C charging on new iPhones
#174I just realised I rarely plug a cable into my phone at all these days. Genuinely I think the last time I did was in a hire car that only had cable CarPlay. At my desk I got a wireless charger as well as my bed side. Data is over the cloud now etc Serious question how long until they drop the port full stop? Like what if they achieve serious wireless charging speeds And actually does anyone know if that’s allowed with…
I wouldn't be surprised if the EU banned wireless charging as well for environmental reasons.
Re: EU sends Apple stark warning over USB-C charging on new iPhones
#175Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not necessarily. If you come up with such a superior plug, you can easily have it sold on the 1st largest market in the world. Not everything has to be sold in EU, there are plenty of things not available across all markets.
No, I can't. I need to sell it on both markets to make it profitable. There's no way to have that large margins it could sell just in the US.
If you need to sell it on both markets and can't have two production lines, I guess your product will have USB-C port and your superior charging port, like the new MacBooks having type-C and magsafe.
Re: EU sends Apple stark warning over USB-C charging on new iPhones
#176Earlier quoted context omitted.
No, I can't. I need to sell it on both markets to make it profitable. There's no way to have that large margins it could sell just in the US.
If you need to sell it on both markets and can't have two production lines, I guess your product will have USB-C port and your superior charging port, like the new MacBooks having type-C and magsafe.
And that's supposed to be good? I really don't understand this world...
Re: EU sends Apple stark warning over USB-C charging on new iPhones
#177Earlier quoted context omitted.
The rest of the world can develop the superior charging cable plugs and we can use this thing called internet to find out about it.
Depending on the rest of the world for tech, research and innovation is why us, Europeans, are worried about these authoritarian EU mandates which can only cause us falling further behind the rest of the world.
Can you give me an example of an EU regulation which prevented an European company invent a technology?
I'm familiar with the narrative but I don't know any examples.
Re: EU sends Apple stark warning over USB-C charging on new iPhones
#178Earlier quoted context omitted.
Depending on the rest of the world for tech, research and innovation is why us, Europeans, are worried about these authoritarian EU mandates which can only cause us falling further behind the rest of the world.
Can you give me an example of an EU regulation which prevented an European company invent a technology? I'm familiar with the narrative but I don't know any examples.
Gaia-X funneled money to large corporations that used it to market their shitty corporate services and that allowed them to beat actually innovative cloud computing startups.
Re: EU sends Apple stark warning over USB-C charging on new iPhones
#179Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you need to sell it on both markets and can't have two production lines, I guess your product will have USB-C port and your superior charging port, like the new MacBooks having type-C and magsafe.
And that's supposed to be good? I really don't understand this world...
It's good because until you invent this new cable, we can have everything work with USB-C.
Not betting on your ability to come up with a new type of charging cable is not as big deal as you imagining it is. Maybe you should come up with a prototype before demanding all type of charging cables be allowed?
Re: EU sends Apple stark warning over USB-C charging on new iPhones
#180The EU stance and strictness on this is one of the things making me happy to be an EU citizen.
Thank you for this! Next up: make "side loading" apps a thing. Do it with these stipulations: 1. Make it easy, part of the normal flow. Not hidden in an obscure panel or behind three or four dialogues. 2. Make it non-scary (no negs from Apple saying you'll destroy your device or safety) 3. Make it so it isn't called something negative like "side loading", but a part of normal user behavior: "download app", "web insta…
How about you simply buying something else instead of an iPhone?