Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Spike Newsgroups: uk.telecom.mobile,misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: EU law mandating universal chargers for devices comes into force Date: 29 Dec 2024 09:40:11 GMT Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 1lpMtr9fF5n8+AwhPyUPswfCcI6JEhSSAKTjWMFWBDbPPLY8av Cancel-Lock: sha1:GwGDmLOhlkdmuOVICksKrZ0CV+Y= sha1:br4GbYwBaGmx2SNLOsye3sccEKQ= sha256:XjVJZyTPonyUQd49oyD4Tn6q6BOpSDAcmI2ys+Ci8y0= User-Agent: NewsTap/5.5 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Xref: csiph.com uk.telecom.mobile:45401 misc.phone.mobile.iphone:192405 comp.mobile.android:145769 Andrew wrote: > Given Apple hates the consumer (but loves their money), this is a good > thing since Apple has abused its (admittedly loyal) consumers for too long. > *EU law mandating universal chargers for devices comes into force* > > This Saturday is the day Apple's executives saying they were "terrified" of > interoperating with non-Apple devices begins to (finally) come into force. “By allowing consumers to purchase a new device without a new charger, it will also reduce the mountain of obsolete chargers, the bloc has argued.” The EU is terrified of mountains. It still remembers the billions thrown at inefficient French farmers, who among others produced a butter mountain (and its liquid equivalent, the wine lake), all sold off cheaply to third-world countries. Except the wine lake, which was turned into industrial alcohol. -- Spike