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Stop he's already dead (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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(No, just keep on. These kinds of regulations were long overdue)

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[–] 8 points 3 years ago (3 children)

Unfortunately "USB-C" means nothing. It just describes what type of connector to use.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I mean its gpod enough,no? Tp be able to force apple to not use proprietary charging. And i assume data will also be a thing on their products, whether or not it uses the full speed capabilities of usb c dpesnt seem to matter.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Last I read was that apple was going to throttle their usb-c ports being used with non-apple blessed cables. And those cables are supposed to be pretty spendy, as they're going to be "apple taxed", I mean certified as apple is calling it. I hope the EU puts the smack down on them for trying to create such a loophole in interoperability requirements.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago

    Sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen. It’s pretty much the definition of unfair competition, I mean Apple makes cables and artificially hampers competitors cables unless they pay some money?

    Maybe the fines are too low so far if they test us like that.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    "USB-C" really only means "that flat oval shaped connector" and absolutely nothing more. The plug and cable and connected devices define what USB standard is used. You can deliver anything from "charging only USB 2.0 low power" to USB 4 with 240 W charging and 80Gbps data transfer including 8K@60 DisplayPort tunneling via USB-C.

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  • [–] [S] 15 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Still better than: "Can you borrow me your charging cable? Oh, you got USB-C. Well shit!"

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    Yes, USB-C only describes the physical connector, but unless Apple somehow insists on giving users a more shitty experience when using USB-C they are kind of forced to support a reasonable standard for data transfer and charging. We probably won't get 240W charging or anything close, but we also won't see a degradation compared to lightning.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago*

    It's also a proprietary standard that needs to be licensed. They've basically handed the USB organization a complete monopoly over smartphones. I know there is no suitable open source option that can replace USB but it's still far from ideal. Maybe for the next step in furtherance of hardware freedom we should also be funding the development of a proper open source alternative, or campaign for USB to be open sourced.

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