Re: Does Apple normally add the UK when the EU forces Apple to care about its customers?

On 2024-09-15 16:19, Alan Browne wrote:

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On 2024-09-14 13:00, Java Jive wrote:

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Alan Browne's false claim implied that Apple were already complying at the time that the legislation made compliance compulsory, but in fact they were not, which is exactly WHY the legislation made compliance compulsory!

 That is *not* what I said.  Apple had no intention of putting USB-C on the iPhone 15 - but were forced by EU regs.  Result: more e-waste.

What you actually said was this:
On 2024-09-14 16:26, Alan Browne wrote:
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 > The European USB-C fiasco just creates more e-waste.
Nonsense, it is designed to do exactly the opposite by making the charging arrangements of all portable devices sold in the EU the same.
 > Apple, in its own good time, would have brought USB-C to iPhone, etc.
 > Indeed, the newest iPhone would likely have been the launch USB-C
 > iPhone.  Instead the EU forced Apple to go a year early.
Again, nonsense.  As previously linked, Apple had already had more than 10 years' worth of voluntary guidelines to bring their products into compliance, yet still had not done so.
 > All this "decision" does is create early e-waste of lightning
 > connectors and some wall-warts.
No, the e-waste was created by manufacturers such as Apple refusing to comply with the guidelines in a timely manner, thus forcing the EU to make them compulsory.
 > Government over regulating.  EU!
Nonsense, this is just propaganda; examine again the link I provided previously  -  the majority for the vote in the EU Parliament to enact this legislation was overwhelming.

Apple *was* already putting USB-C on various other products including an iPad I bought several years prior.

Some, yes, but even after more than a decade by no means all, and that was the problem which persuaded the EU to act more decisively.
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