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		dtech 9 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: All phones sold in the EU to have replaceable batt... This is fully on Apple themselves. USB consortium asked apple to use lightning for what became USB-C, but Apple didn't want to give up the ecosystem control.

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thrownthatway 9 days ago [–]

What does that have to do with the EU requiring everyone to use the USB-C connector?

The EU could have made a different decision. Or not got itself involved.

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