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0 pointskingsleyopara2y ago0 comments

> Apple reportedly tried to circumvent EU regulation and got an explicit public warning from EU commissioner who read the secret plan from the media outlets. Then they retracted their MFi for USB-C plan

Source? This has conspiracy theory written all over it. My take is that the rumor mill was just flat out wrong about this like they often are.

EDIT: To be clear here, I don’t deny that an EU commissioner sent a letter but I doubted the existence of these secret (and rumored) plans that prompted it e.g. seems out of character for Apple given iPads have had USB C for some time without such restrictions.

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gmerc2y ago

Many times.

Gotta love people so brainwashed they can’t imagine government interfering with big tech

https://www.reuters.com/technology/exclusive-eus-vestager-wa...

silverlyra2y ago

hi, I also read this website and sometimes comment on it. after I read your comment, I ran the query “apple usb-c eu commissioner warning” through an internet search engine, and I found this article – https://www.macrumors.com/2023/05/04/eu-warns-apple-about-li...

> It was rumored in February that Apple may be planning to limit charging speeds and other functionality of USB-C cables that are not certified under its "Made for iPhone" program. […] In response to this rumor, European Commissioner Thierry Breton has sent Apple a letter warning the company that limiting the functionality of USB-C cables would not be permitted and would prevent iPhones from being sold in the EU when the law goes into effect.

I would posit that a commenter with a sincere wish to dispel “conspiracy theories” might instead take a moment to do that search themselves instead of posting this (pardon me) inflammatory remark!

kingsleyoparaOP2y ago

Thanks. I don’t deny that the commissioner sent a letter but I doubted the existence of the secret (“Made for iphone”) plans that prompted it.

silverlyra2y ago

I would gladly say you’re welcome – yet I believe your edit exacerbates the issue

you speak of a “secret” Made For iPhone program as if that’s still some conspiracy – https://mfi.apple.com/

my read of the article is that the EU commissioner advised Apple that if the company attempted to negate the USB-C regulations by only allowing full access to Apple devices connected via a cable with an Apple-approved MFi chip… that indeed they would be held accountable by the EU. had that been the case, it would be Apple continuing its regime of connector control over its users’ devices, as it has done up til now by insisting on MFi-certified Lightning cables

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ClumsyPilot2y ago

It’s a conspiracy theory to allege that a major corporation would intentionally break the law?

I mean I guess technically executives did conspire to break the law, so correct, they do that all the time.

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0 pointskingsleyopara2y ago0 comments

Source? This has conspiracy theory written all over it. My take is that the rumor mill was just flat out wrong about this like they often are.

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gmerc2y ago

Many times.

Gotta love people so brainwashed they can’t imagine government interfering with big tech

https://www.reuters.com/technology/exclusive-eus-vestager-wa...

silverlyra2y ago

kingsleyoparaOP2y ago

Thanks. I don’t deny that the commissioner sent a letter but I doubted the existence of the secret (“Made for iphone”) plans that prompted it.

silverlyra2y ago

I would gladly say you’re welcome – yet I believe your edit exacerbates the issue

you speak of a “secret” Made For iPhone program as if that’s still some conspiracy – https://mfi.apple.com/

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ClumsyPilot2y ago

It’s a conspiracy theory to allege that a major corporation would intentionally break the law?

I mean I guess technically executives did conspire to break the law, so correct, they do that all the time.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse