Comments by "Archangel17" (@MDP1702) on "EU Requires USB-C on All Devices u0026 P*sses Off Apple - TLDR News" video.

@Ericnorify With monopolizing it is mostly meant that now a company can create their own charger for their products, and essentially monopolizing that part of the charger market. It also forces 3rd party companies that would make charger to license it from said monopolizing country. Apple is a great example of this, but so is Tesla for example with their charging adapter (though in the EU they were forced to use CCS adapters).
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@myonline1985 And there are enough stories of people going with these $1000 repair cost items to independent shops and there sometimes paying less than $100 dollar for the repair. It is clearly a standard practice of Apple to force people to buy new items as much as possible.
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@HNedel Your last paragraph is essentially right of repair. The EU parliament already successfully voted on a memorandum asking the commission to bring out a bill or something similar that would ensure right of repair, which should include improving repairability of items.
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@NicholasJH96 actually they probably would easily be able to detect whether it is an ipad phone or not and only then (not) activate the coils. Now the main question is, could they stop their product from being charged with another wireless charging pad.
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