Apple responded to the latest EU efforts to enforce a standardized single connector for smartphones like the iPhone, saying that ‘regulation that forces conformity across the type of connector …. stifles innovation’ (via Financial Times).
Apple said that the proposed EU rules would force it to abandon the Lightning port and inconvenience consumers, as well as cause vast amounts of electronic waste from people needing to ditch all of their existing Lightning accessories, like docking stations and car adapters.
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