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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      1 year ago

      It’s kinda both, and a fair amount more.

      E: lol people need to actually read the news. If people think the UK is the only government that wants to read messages then you have your head in the sand.

      The EU has expressed a desire for this, the US has, Australia has, Russia has, Israel has, India has, Pakistan has, etc etc.

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        1 year ago

        Speaking desire is not the same as implementing.

        Of course they want to have full control, but they are listening to the experts as to why that isn’t a good idea.