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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@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago

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@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

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

[-] watcher@nopeeking.link 2 points 2 years ago

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@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I mean I can't vote it into existence

[-] Cysioland@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago

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

[-] watcher@nopeeking.link 1 points 2 years ago

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

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