If companies won't do right by the consumer, the consumer has every right to turn to government to force the company to do the right thing. And the only way customers have to fight back against the lobbying is legal avenues and political mobilization. Europeans are a lot better than this than Americans. That's why Europeans have better stuff.
Which European smartphone maker has better stuff as enabled under laws like this?
OMG Apple!!! By refusing to adopt to modern standards and insisting on your d*mn lightning port you achieved the worst, industry can imagine. A law that specifies the port you have to use.
Just add a USB-C port to your devices and the reason for this act is gone. APPLE is the only reason for this new act and Tim is the one to blame. The lightning port was indeed a nice thing, but it is outdated nowadays and EVERYONE else uses USB-C and even Apple itself uses USB-C for laptops and iPads.
For all the rest, so called "mini adapters" already exist to turn Lightning into USB-C or the other way round.
There may be some accessories left but I had to buy several car charging accessories until I gave up and switched to wireless charging.
All of this is really not a big deal. Just false flags.
Wait, so is this a big enough deal to justify a whole new law forcing every single product big enough to have a USB-C port to have one because Apple is evil, or is it not a big deal because adapters are easy to find?
It’s amazing to watch people try to argue both sides of this at the same time: “OMG Apple!!! You’re too greedy to live! You should use the port I want you to use!” “If you don’t like the port I want, it’s not a big deal, just buy an adapter, go wireless, or buy new accessories”.
Either Apple dictates to us for their profits OR governments dictate standards based on the push of their electorates interests (you and me). Now, please tell me why private is better than public. It’s a non Argument you’re making
Apple dictates nothing. Right now you can choose an iPhone or from a variety of Android phones, and maybe some others as well. Apple has made a decision for its products. Other companies make their own decisions. One consumer (me) can choose Lightning, another consumer (you) can choose USB-C. Nobody is dictating, everyone is
offering.
Government is dictating. They are making one decision for everyone. One member of the electorate (you) can choose USB-C, and another member of the electorate (me)
must choose USB-C. That's what dictate means.
Why is private better than public? Because people make more careful decisions when they're spending their own hard earned money than they do when they're just responding to angry emails in their legislative office inbox. The world has tried planned economies, they don't lead to good outcomes. This is why the more advanced countries in the world are generally based on market economies.
Are there places government must step in to correct distortions in the market, or to address externalities that aren't captured by the market transactions? Sure. Vehicle emissions and health care are two places I might point to here. Even the content of the solder used to attach that connector makes sense to regulate. The question though is whether the shape of a charge connector in smartphones is such a place? No, it is not. If you want a USB-C based phone, you can get one.
The fact that there is a diversity of offerings is a feature, not a bug, of market economies.
