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spartaman64 t1_izz5adp wrote

Reply to comment by Liquidwombat in Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo: iPhone 15 will switch to USB-C by sarabada

the EU thought about that and put into the law that companies cant do that. also apple already signaled that they are moving in the direction of usb C by making airpod 2 usb C

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Liquidwombat t1_izz6qlw wrote

No, they didn’t, it’s literally the opposite, the law literally says “in so far as devices charge with a wire” It specifically exempts devices that charge wirelessly.

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spartaman64 t1_izzau52 wrote

thats more for stuff like smartwatches but yeah apparently i was mistaken and it was just in a draft and might not have made it into the final bill. but anyways apple would be playing with fire if they pull a stunt like that and it seems like they know it

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Liquidwombat t1_izzcnz1 wrote

That’s what people said about them no longer including charging bricks, and removing the headphone jack, and removing the CD ROM drive, and removing the floppy drive…..

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