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AstronautMindless873 t1_jcttvum wrote

Eu did this to basically create a universal port for all electronic devices, which as a consumer I fully support.

I am an Apple user fully invested in the Apple ecosystem. I have an iPhone, an Apple Watch, an iPad, AirPods and a MacBook. I absolutely fucking hate the charging solutions this company offers. I need 3 fucking cables to charge my devices, which all belong to Apple, and an extra MagSafe cable if I want to charge MagSafe. Fuck that, they can absolutely make one cable for all devices and I can’t wait until they’re forced to.

And your security argument makes no sense, even Apple in it’s state is protected against what you’re saying. If you can’t unlock the device then you can’t allow it to connect to a computer and transfer data from/to it.

Apple’s decision to keep multiple charging ports at this point is strictly financial, they benefit a lot from forcing people to buy oem cables that cost a lot more then a regular usb type c cable that would work on all devices.

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infinityandbeyond75 t1_jctxm20 wrote

You realize for now that it only applies to iPhones and iPads for now right? Wireless charging isn’t affected right now. The only thing that may possibly be on the books for wireless charging is that anything other than a standard Qi charger must be included in the box. That means the Apple Watch can continue with their current chargers for years to come. The law also doesn’t include things like AirPods so they can continue using Lightning if they want. It also doesn’t apply to things like external batteries and portable speakers.

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