After USB-C win, EU tells Tim Cook that Apple must 'open up its gates to competitors' - 9to5Mac
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After USB-C win, EU tells Tim Cook that Apple must ‘open up its gates to competitors’.::The iPhone 15 has USB-C, a move largely due to impending legislation in the European Union requiring smartphones and other…

  • @uisEnglish
    19•1 year ago

    including specs to write drivers.

    Whoa, that’s super strong move. I 100% support it. Sadly, I’m not in EU. Faust bless EU, they have really big potatoes.

    • sebinspaceEnglish
      14•1 year ago

      I mean first you have to get politicians to understand what the hell a “driver” is, and no, Gretchen, it’s not Uber.

    • @[email protected]English
      2•1 year ago

      Lucky for you they would be super unlikely to change the hardware so much that you wouldn’t benefit from “European” drivers in another region.

      • @uisEnglish
        1•1 year ago

        I mean I can’t vote it into existence

      • @[email protected]English
        1•1 year ago

        They might do some geoblock fuckery, eg. the drivers would only work with the EU-market devices

        • @[email protected]English
          1•1 year ago

          If the specifications are available then drivers can be written by anyone without geoblocking.