Saudi Arabia passes law requiring USB-C charges for smartphones
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Saudi Arabia passes law requiring USB-C charges for smartphones::From 2025, Apple's iPhone and all Android smartphones sold in Saudi Arabia will have to have a USB-C charging port, with laptops to follow in 2026.
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EU attempted to get smartphone manufacturers to agree on a standard so that law wouldn't be necessary to avoid this scenario. Guess which company didn't want to play with the others?
One of the largest Tech companies in the world, is it Orange?
And they didn't want to do it likely because of the previous comment - what don't you understand?
The original proposal was that companies agree by themselves a common standard to use so that legislation wouldn't be needed. They had their chance to go on without legally forced change but they didn't want to.
Additionally EU has given Apple multiple warnings about not to hinder USB-C functionality like fast charging so that it would only work with their own chargers and cables.
So, they agree to a common standard AFTER Apple has switched to Lightning. These ideas sound so great if you ignore timelines and what really happened when.
The world had subtlety agreed on a different standard (mico usb) when apple decided to do decide to switch to a proprietary one (lightning)
Granted, micro Usb is shit, but switching to a proprietary standard is worse as you force everyone to have something different.
Were lightning not proprietary, I could definitely see it overcomming micro usb everywhere
Oh for sure. If lightning had been opened up to everyone I think we'd all be using it now
This thing has been brewing since 2009 and Apple has been a part of it since beginning but as it was voluntary we've all seen what happened.
I mean, my comment is something to consider, but it's definitely not why Apple doesn't want it lol