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After USB-C win, EU tells Tim Cook that Apple must 'open up its gates to competitors'.(9to5mac.com)

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After USB-C win, EU tells Tim Cook that Apple must ‘open up its gates to competitors’.::The iPhone 15 has USB-C, a move largely due to impending legislation in the European Union requiring smartphones and other…

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watcher@nopeeking.link
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Lucky for you they would be super unlikely to change the hardware so much that you wouldn’t benefit from “European” drivers in another region.

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uis@lemmy.world
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I mean I can’t vote it into existence

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Cysioland@lemmygrad.ml
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They might do some geoblock fuckery, eg. the drivers would only work with the EU-market devices

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If the specifications are available then drivers can be written by anyone without geoblocking.

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