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

On 2024-09-14 17:51, Tweed wrote:

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Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> wrote:

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BOLLOCKS!  The above is just yet another predictable example of Apple
propaganda & EU-bashing.  The simple truth is that nearly all the other
manufacturers had already adopted the USB-C standard while it was still
voluntary, but Apple had more or less refused point blank [my caps to
highlight the overwhelming majority]:
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https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20200128IPR71205/parliament-wants-binding-rules-on-common-chargers-to-be-tabled-by-summer
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"The EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT calls on the Commission to put forward
beefed-up rules on common chargers by July 2020 at the latest.
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There is an “urgent need for EU regulatory action” to reduce electronic
waste and empower consumers to make sustainable choices, MEPS SAY IN A
RESOLUTION APPROVED BY 582 VOTES TO 40, WITH 37 ABSTENTIONS, calling for
the mandatory introduction of common chargers for all mobile devices.
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For more than 10 years, MEPs have been demanding a common charger for
mobile phones, tablets, e-book readers and other portable devices"
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Yet, despite having over a decade to do so, Apple still hadn't complied.

 Pretty much all new Apple products are now USB-C. I’m typing this on a
USB-C iPad. The new iPhone 16 is also so equipped, as are I believe their
new AirPod chargers. MacBooks have been USB-C powered for years - probably
one of the earliest laptops to adopt the standard.

As now they *MUST*, but 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!
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