Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,uk.telecom.mobile,comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: EI mew ;abeling regulations June 20th 2025 Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 12:38:19 +0100 Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: <8u8k6lx5s2.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net dcETWIiJ6eVHrkP90p1BxAvEhDL+jDVOJkV9Xn4BXxxXwxkkDc X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:wJkh7nXts6WL2Tied8oZnfvaJxU= sha256:xl5NISk5Lo4TXKjGwkfi1KeVTC3U6Vxv/CYoQbL9GtM= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com misc.phone.mobile.iphone:193023 uk.telecom.mobile:45592 comp.mobile.android:146536 On 2025-01-28 01:41, Alan wrote: > On 2025-01-27 16:39, Carlos E.R. wrote: >> On 2025-01-27 22:56, Alan wrote: >>> On 2025-01-27 13:38, Peter wrote: >>>> Your Name wrote: >>>> >>>>>> Huh, no. It would be a standard if many manufacturers followed it. >>>>>> None did. >>>>> >>>>> It still has a set of "standards", in the sense of the rules Apple >>>>> defined as to what it can and cannot do, how it should be made, etc. >>>> >>>> What non-Apple device charged by Apple's proprietary Lightning cable? >>> >>> Wrong question? >>> >>> What third party products conformed to Apple's specs for Lightning? >>> >>> The answer is: "Many, many, many". >> >> Only those designed to work with Apple hardware, not generic hardware. > > Yes. That is LITERALLY what I just said. > >> >> Me, I have only once seen one such device, a pair of earphone buds >> that my bank used as a gift. > The point is that there was not industry-wide standard for smartphone > connectivity... > > ...so Apple designed and used something better than any of the available > options. Which was not accepted as industry-wide standard. -- Cheers, Carlos.