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* Re: EU law mandating universal chargers for devices comes into forceHarry S Robins
`- Re: EU law mandating universal chargers for devices comes into forceAlan

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Subject: Re: EU law mandating universal chargers for devices comes into force
From: Harry S Robins
Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android, uk.telecom.mobile
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From: stanleyrobins@nothere.uk (Harry S Robins)
Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.mobile.android,uk.telecom.mobile
Subject: Re: EU law mandating universal chargers for devices comes into force
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2024 09:24:47 -0600
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On Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:32:14 +0100, David Wade wrote:

>>>> *EU law mandating universal chargers for devices comes into force*
>>>> <https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20241228-eu-law-mandating-universal-
>>>> chargers-for-devices-comes-into-force>
>>>>
>>>> This Saturday is the day Apple's executives saying they were "terrified" of
>>>> interoperating with non-Apple devices begins to (finally) come into force.
>>>
>>> How does a universal charger change "interoperating" at all?
>>
>> I wondered that too. For a train, for example, 'interoperating'
>> suggests more than shared infrastructure. It means the couplings, the
>> software etc have to be compatible.
>
> For an iPad there is interaction. USB-C has voltage negotiation, but my
> wife's iPad charges correctly from my Lenovo laptop charger.
>
> On an iPhone the "Lightening" adaptor also functions as a device port
> allowing Apple to control which devices can be connected....

The connector matters not only for the compatibility of the cabling, but
also the protocols (currently most often PD and QC), and even more so, for
inter operability with accessories such as with universal wired headphones.

Apple purposefully destroys inter operability (for their profit & avarice).

Subject: Re: EU law mandating universal chargers for devices comes into force
From: Alan
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From: nuh-uh@nope.com (Alan)
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On 2024-12-29 07:24, Harry S Robins wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:32:14 +0100, David Wade wrote:
>
>>>>> *EU law mandating universal chargers for devices comes into force*
>>>>> <https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20241228-eu-law-mandating-
>>>>> universal-
>>>>> chargers-for-devices-comes-into-force>
>>>>>
>>>>> This Saturday is the day Apple's executives saying they were
>>>>> "terrified" of
>>>>> interoperating with non-Apple devices begins to (finally) come into
>>>>> force.
>>>>
>>>> How does a universal charger change "interoperating" at all?
>>>
>>> I wondered that too. For a train, for example, 'interoperating'
>>> suggests more than shared infrastructure. It means the couplings, the
>>> software etc have to be compatible.
>>
>> For an iPad there is interaction. USB-C has voltage negotiation, but
>> my wife's iPad charges correctly from my Lenovo laptop charger.
>>
>> On an iPhone the "Lightening" adaptor also functions as a device port
>> allowing Apple to control which devices can be connected....
>
> The connector matters not only for the compatibility of the cabling, but
> also the protocols (currently most often PD and QC), and even more so, for
> inter operability with accessories such as with universal wired headphones.
>
> Apple purposefully destroys inter operability (for their profit & avarice).

LOL!

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