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EMPulseKC t1_ir4ht4k wrote

Reply to comment by Aceticon in EU votes to force all phones to use same charger by 2024 by WallStreetDoesntBet

Apple: "You can use the Apple FlashPad to charge your devices, or you can subscribe to our USB-C port unlock feature for €50/month that will allow you to use the included standard port for charging your device at a much slower rate. Okay, European iPhone users, what do you choose?"

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Aceticon t1_ir4pdnp wrote

EU regulator: "This product is not Compliant and cannot be sold in the EU. Any devices already on sale must be removed from sale. Here's a fine based on Apple's Worldwide Revenue for having hidden this built-in charge limitation mechanism in their application for the CE mark".

(And possibly whomever decided to hide such a mechanism in their application for compliance would, separatelly and as an individual, be charged with the crime of Fraud).

The best that Apple would be able to do here is appeal it all to the highest courts of the EU, were they would loose and meanwhile their phone would be blocked from sale in the 2nd largest market of the World.

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Raymoundgh t1_ir4patc wrote

Block sales of iPhone in EU. EU should also pass a law blocking charging EU citizens significantly more than the US.

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