After USB-C win, EU tells Tim Cook that Apple must 'open up its gates to competitors' - 9to5Mac
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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…

  • uis@lemmy.worldEnglish
    19·
    9 months ago

    including specs to write drivers.

    Whoa, that’s super strong move. I 100% support it. Sadly, I’m not in EU. Faust bless EU, they have really big potatoes.

    • sebinspace@lemmy.worldEnglish
      151·
      9 months ago

      I mean first you have to get politicians to understand what the hell a “driver” is, and no, Gretchen, it’s not Uber.

    • watcher@nopeeking.linkEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      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.

      • CysiolandEnglish
        1·
        9 months ago

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

        • watcher@nopeeking.linkEnglish
          1·
          9 months ago

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