Hairy_Al t1_iwvdf3d wrote on November 18, 2022 at 5:11 PM

Reply to comment by ttubehtnitahwtahw1 in USB-C will be mandatory for all smart devices sold in India by Sam1515024

Quoted from someone else's reply further up

>the EU law (the one that passed that mandated type C) says that a device not using wires to charge has to use an open standard (such as Qi).

tinyman392 t1_iwvelnn wrote on November 18, 2022 at 5:19 PM

Apple already supports Qi on its iPhones.

Hairy_Al t1_iwves5w wrote on November 18, 2022 at 5:20 PM

So it's not proprietary, which is what I was replying to

4lan9 t1_iwvhqha wrote on November 18, 2022 at 5:40 PM

Their connector, the magsafe, is proprietary. Sure you can use a Qi pad, but then it has to be lying down on a table and you can't use it normally like when plugged in.

They know this. They know you will still shell out $40 for a magsafe cable that costs the manufacturer extra money to sell as MFi just because it is proprietary.

They are making tens of billions off their cut from cables, apps, subscriptions that they don't even make themselves. This is anti-competitive behavior that hurts the end user