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Why is a phone using a connector pretty much every other phone uses... news?
Because it demonstrates the abilities for Democratic governments to regulate the excess of recalcitrant corporations.
If you read most of those articles, though, this narrative is unfortunately not usually emphasized.
A decade ago, years before USB-C was ready, Apple announced Lightning as their connector for “the next decade.” There’s no need to emphasize government regulation when there’s scant evidence it had any impact at all.
Lmao you're seriously drinking the koolaid here.
If that's the case, why did apple launch a drawn out legal battle with the EU against this if they were going to do it anyway?
Because of apple’s size. And because we just witnessed a death of a proprietary connector. A major win for the consumer and for the universtal serial bus projects overall mission.
On a side note. Apple has been part of the usb c project from the beginning and based on some biographies - they worked hard to never release Lightning. But they needed to drop the old 30pin connector and found usb C not ready when they needed it - so they release the lightning port instead. Then stuck to it for obvious profit /ecosystem reasons.
Which biographies may I ask?
Because, to put it crudely, the EU just reminded cooperations they are not in charge
I see what you did there
Because another connector has been stubbornly used for years and there's a whole ecosystem of cables and peripherals made for that, now outdated, connector.
I don't think anyone can say in good faith this isn't a pretty big deal.