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[-] fristislurper@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

The micro USB standard was also an EU thing, just voluntary, and not just for Apple.

[-] rokejulianlockhart@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Indeed, the law applied to all manufacturers, but no other manufacturer wanted to remain with microUSB Type-B 2.0 due to economies of scale, etc. The loophole that Apple used was available to everyone anyway, so it's not like they couldn't have followed suit.

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