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After USB-C win, EU tells Tim Cook that Apple must 'open up its gates to competitors'. (9to5mac.com)
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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...

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[–] uis 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

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

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.

[–] uis 1 points 1 year ago

I mean I can't vote it into existence

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

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

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

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