XPost: uk.telecom.mobile, misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: java@evij.com.invalid   
      
   On 2024-09-16 17:12, Alan Browne wrote:   
   >   
   > On 2024-09-15 12:59, Java Jive wrote:   
   >>   
   >> On 2024-09-15 16:17, Alan Browne wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> On 2024-09-14 12:30, Java Jive wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> BOLLOCKS!  The above is just yet another predictable example of   
   >>>> Apple propaganda & EU-bashing.  The simple truth is that nearly all   
   >>>> the other manufacturers had already adopted the USB-C standard while   
   >>>> it was still voluntary, but Apple had more or less refused point   
   >>>> blank [my caps to highlight the overwhelming majority]:   
   >>   
   >> I note that you snipped the quote of the numbers of overwhelming   
   >> majority, how unsurprising given your posting record.   
   >   
   > I'm not wasting time on your minutiae.  This stuff has been covered ad   
   > nauseum in the past.   
   >   
   > You've just adapted a trolling attitude of which I'm getting quite bored.   
      
   TRANSLATION:  I realise that I've lost this argument, but am not man   
   enough to admit it.   
      
   >>> Apple is a business and make business decisions.  Apple is one of the   
   >>> original companies that _defined_ USB-C.  But, they also jumped ahead   
   >>> of everyone with the Lightning connector quite a while before that -   
   >>> and therefore there was (is) a lot of Lightning based cables and   
   >>> accessories out there.   
   >>   
   >> And, even worse, from memory there are at least two EU technical   
   >> boards giving advice to EU legislators over such matters, both of   
   >> which Apple contribute to, so you have to ask yourself why they didn't   
   >> bring their products into compliance sooner?   
   >   
   > Business decision.  Period.  As stated.   
      
   TRANSLATION:  I realise that I've lost this argument, but am not man   
   enough to admit it, so simply restate my flawed opinion as though it has   
   the same statement as fact; of course, everyone else can see that it   
   does not.   
      
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