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Saudi Arabia mandates all electronic devices to use USB-C charging ports from 2025 (www.gsmarena.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's locking nobody with no standard. The standard is evolving time to time. This argument of locking the user which by the way is the same as "competition is the better" is the Apple argument to impose it's locked (walled garden) ecosystem.

It's well known strategy to argue in a way that isn't your goal to achieve another one. Apple is a master here. They use this same strategy with the future mandatory easy battery replacement.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I second this. How could anyone argue that regulation is bad for user? Standardization locks user in, what kind of logic is that?