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by patrickk 138 days ago
Apple only implemented USB-C due to pressure from the EU.

One area Android has a clear advantage is Android TV devices verified by Google, because there is a much wider array of streaming apps of all kinds available. However google doesn’t seem to focus on this very much, and if you look for forum recommendations for google android streaming devices it’s very often the NVIDIA shield pro from 2019. Hopefully that device will I’ll be supported for a few more years because there seems to not be good easily available alternatives.
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xattt 138 days ago
The killer apps that gave Android an advantage on TV are now mostly available on tvOS. To me, these were VLC and RetroArch.
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JasonADrury 138 days ago
Apple was among the first to implement USB-C in early 2015. A whole year before Samsung and the likes.
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freerk 137 days ago
But not on mobile. First iPhone with USB-C was iPhone 15 released late 2023. The Google Nexus 6P phone had USB-C in 2015, 8 years earlier.
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JasonADrury 137 days ago
Sure, but the claim that "Apple only implemented USB-C due to pressure from the EU." is simply ridiculous.

Apple implemented USB-C at a steady pace across their entire product lineup, as is demonstrated by the timeline below:

  2015: 12in MacBook with USB-C released
  2016: MacBook pro switches to USB-C
  2018: iPad Pro switches to USB-C
  2020: iPad Air switches to USB-C
  2021: iPad Mini switches to USB-C
  2022: iPad switches to USB-C
  2023: iPhone switches to USB-C
If Apple only implemented USB-C because of pressure from the EU, you'd presumably be able to see a gap in that list during the period of Apple allegedly not implementing USB-C. There is no gap, because Apple was steadily moving users to USB-C since 2015.

It feels really silly to be spending time defending Apple over this, but the EU certainly does not deserve credit for iPhones having USB-C. I'm sure there are politicians who'd love for you to believe that, but it's simply dishonest propaganda.

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