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…

  • Casey@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Good for people who decide to adopt Android or an open source OS after having an iPhone for a while. Would help get some more traction for alternatives too like Ubuntu Touch.

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      1 year ago

      There’s no shortage of other hardware options. I can’t buy that the iPhone hardware not being open is what’s holding Ubuntu Touch back.

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        1 year ago

        But if someone already owns an iPhone he should not need to buy another hardware option.

        Not that he needs to justify what he does with his property to the manufacturer or randos on the internet.

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        1 year ago

        I don’t know why you’re arguing against hardware and software freedom, but it might indicate that lemmy is not for you.