Apple? I hate that company for the anti-competitive practices. They literally tried making everything proprietary. It took the entire EU and a targeted law to make them adopt the USB-C.
Erm no, my MacBooks have had USB-C for a while, as USB-C is better for data transfer.
Their proprietary version for phones predates USB-C, because it was far better than the alternative, and it presumably added competition that meant USB-C needed to exist and be invested in. That won't happen again, or at least in the EU markets.
Also, the new law has nothing against making a better port than C so I think you are mistaken.
How does that work, if they have to use USB-C?
Page 17 of the law document.
> The Commission shall continuously assess market developments, market fragmentation and technical progress with the view to identify categories or classes of radio equipment capable of being recharged via wired charging for which the inclusion in Part I of Annex Ia would lead to significant consumer convenience and reduction of environmental waste. The Commission shall report such assessment to the European Parliament and to the Council, for the first time by [3 years after the date of entry-into-force of this Directive] and every 5 years thereafter, and adopt delegated acts pursuant to Article 3, paragraph 4, first subparagraph, point a) accordingly
Laptops with USB 2 ports were still popular after C was introduced. They just get phased out eventually. Your Mac now only has USB-C isn't it?
The correct answer is that it will be proven in markets that promote the sort of competition that got us modern smartphones in the first place.
It’s pretty obvious (to me) that Apple was going to go USB C on the iPhone, but that they didn’t like the precedent of being told to do so ( they had already done it on the iPad).
And the reason Apple didn't want to go to USB-C is because of money. Selling proprietary, licensed products to hundreds of millions is too lucrative.
Reversibility doesn't matter to normies? News to me.