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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Unfortunately "USB-C" means nothing. It just describes what type of connector to use.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I mean its gpod enough,no? Tp be able to force apple to not use proprietary charging. And i assume data will also be a thing on their products, whether or not it uses the full speed capabilities of usb c dpesnt seem to matter.

[–] AssPennies 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Last I read was that apple was going to throttle their usb-c ports being used with non-apple blessed cables. And those cables are supposed to be pretty spendy, as they're going to be "apple taxed", I mean certified as apple is calling it. I hope the EU puts the smack down on them for trying to create such a loophole in interoperability requirements.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen. It’s pretty much the definition of unfair competition, I mean Apple makes cables and artificially hampers competitors cables unless they pay some money?

Maybe the fines are too low so far if they test us like that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

That reeks of anti-trust, so much so I think the US would even jump in on that action.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"USB-C" really only means "that flat oval shaped connector" and absolutely nothing more. The plug and cable and connected devices define what USB standard is used. You can deliver anything from "charging only USB 2.0 low power" to USB 4 with 240 W charging and 80Gbps data transfer including 8K@60 DisplayPort tunneling via USB-C.

[–] Zyratoxx 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Still better than: "Can you borrow me your charging cable? Oh, you got USB-C. Well shit!"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What annoys me is when people say "Do you have an iPhone charger?" when really they mean a cable.

Almost as bad as people calling USB-B a "printer cable".

[–] Pixelologist 2 points 1 year ago

I use USB-B all the time (fightsticks) and still call them printer cables lmao

[–] Afiefh 2 points 1 year ago

Yes, USB-C only describes the physical connector, but unless Apple somehow insists on giving users a more shitty experience when using USB-C they are kind of forced to support a reasonable standard for data transfer and charging. We probably won't get 240W charging or anything close, but we also won't see a degradation compared to lightning.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

You just said it means nothing, then explained what it means. Why is it unfortunate that apple will need to put UBC C on the single device that still doesn't have it FROM THEIR OWN LINEUP.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's also a proprietary standard that needs to be licensed. They've basically handed the USB organization a complete monopoly over smartphones. I know there is no suitable open source option that can replace USB but it's still far from ideal. Maybe for the next step in furtherance of hardware freedom we should also be funding the development of a proper open source alternative, or campaign for USB to be open sourced.