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[–] 6 points 6 months ago (4 children)

AFAIK it was the EU that forced Apple to adopt USB-C, at least on iPhones, dunno if that applies to their laptops too.

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago

    For phones and tablets. Apple has been using usb-c on their laptops for a while.

    Also, want to mention that USB4 standard is compatible with Thunderbolt 4 and therefore makes 1 connector compatible with all the devices. AFAIK that was not forced by EU but a cooperation between Apple and USB designer groups. But I might be wrong on that one.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago*

    No, their laptops used to be only usb c until a few years ago when enough people started complaining the lack of ports. In fact the laptop in the article image is a mac.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    Apple was going to drop Lightning anyway. They went hardcore on USB-C, even had laptops where the only connectors were USB-C. I’m happy for the legislation but it didn’t impact apples timeline too much.

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