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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Not only do they have RCS, but they finally got USB-C across the iPhone 16 lineup!

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Forced by EU! Thanks again, EU.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Thanks EU for chat control 😁

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That didn't pass as far as I am aware.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 weeks ago

No but they should have not this idea

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It was not an EU thing, it was a China thing.

It’s quite obvious as well looking back at it; if course China will mandate one of the weakest protocol with no end to end encryption.

Avoid RCS like the plague and use something more secure!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

I was talking about usb-c, and I don't care about RCS, but it is still better in everyway than SMS.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I hate the timing of that EU decision, because we’ll never know if Apple did the switch because of it, or because 10 years had passed since they promised 10 years of Lightning anyway.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Someone doesn't read articles

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You aren’t wrong, I just read the headline and the comments. However, my comment isn’t about anything in this article.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Oh yeah i know, I'm talking about articles in general. When the EU gave Apple the command to either comply or pack up, they initially expressed disdain before eventually succumbing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I cannot find anything related to "the promised 10 years of lightening". Do you min providing a source?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Might not be true, I read it back when they first announced USB-C, and I can’t find anything about it right now.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They switched to USB-C last year with the iPhone 15.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yet apple being apple both the 15 and 16 non pro models are arbitrarily limited to USB 2.0

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I can't remember the last time I connected my phone to my computer via USB to transfer files. I bet the vast majority are the same.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

More than likely, I'm sure a majority of iPhone users don't care or even notice this. I personally would have loved to see the ability to add fast expandable storage to an iPhone over usb! I usually load movies, shows, podcasts and music on my phone since unfortunately there tends to be very limited connection to cell towers where I am.