From 2025, Apple's iPhone and all Android smartphones sold in Saudi Arabia will have to have a USB-C charging port, with laptops to follow in 2026.

Saudi Arabia passes law requiring USB-C charges for smartphones::From 2025, Apple’s iPhone and all Android smartphones sold in Saudi Arabia will have to have a USB-C charging port, with laptops to follow in 2026.

  • IsoKiero@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    18·
    1 year ago

    EU attempted to get smartphone manufacturers to agree on a standard so that law wouldn’t be necessary to avoid this scenario. Guess which company didn’t want to play with the others?

    • MeanEYE@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      1 year ago

      Guess which company is now forced to do it in second revision of the same law or is going to get forbidden from selling their devices in EU. Being an asshole strongarming your way around works for certain countries on this planet that have legalized bribing and call it lobbying. EU doesn’t give a shit.

    • HollandJim@lemmy.worldEnglish
      116·
      1 year ago

      And they didn’t want to do it likely because of the previous comment - what don’t you understand?

      • IsoKiero@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        9·
        1 year ago

        The original proposal was that companies agree by themselves a common standard to use so that legislation wouldn’t be needed. They had their chance to go on without legally forced change but they didn’t want to.

        Additionally EU has given Apple multiple warnings about not to hinder USB-C functionality like fast charging so that it would only work with their own chargers and cables.

        • HollandJim@lemmy.worldEnglish
          25·
          1 year ago

          So, they agree to a common standard AFTER Apple has switched to Lightning. These ideas sound so great if you ignore timelines and what really happened when.

          • Celivalg@iusearchlinux.fyiEnglish
            6·
            1 year ago

            The world had subtlety agreed on a different standard (mico usb) when apple decided to do decide to switch to a proprietary one (lightning)

            Granted, micro Usb is shit, but switching to a proprietary standard is worse as you force everyone to have something different.

            Were lightning not proprietary, I could definitely see it overcomming micro usb everywhere

            • SaintWackoEnglish
              1·
              1 year ago

              Oh for sure. If lightning had been opened up to everyone I think we’d all be using it now

          • IsoKiero@sopuli.xyzEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            This thing has been brewing since 2009 and Apple has been a part of it since beginning but as it was voluntary we’ve all seen what happened.

      • SaintWackoEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        I mean, my comment is something to consider, but it’s definitely not why Apple doesn’t want it lol