Apple, which has been heavily criticized for making its own technologies mandatory on its devices, is being forced to make a consumer-friendly move by the European Union. After long discussions and bureaucratic procedures, the European Union has made USB-C input mandatory in many products such as smartphones, tablets, laptops. iPod inventor and former Apple employee Tony Fadell congratulated the EU’s new law.The European Union is pushing Apple to do the right thing
Many after the ratification of the law. He stated that the new EU law could harm innovation. During the discussions, a Twitter user asked the iPod creator, Tony Fadell, whether the iPod would have been successful if Apple had forced USB 1.0 technology instead of developing FireWire connectivity. Fadell stated that the iPod would not be successful in such a situation, but he stated that now the world has unified on the USB-C standard and this technology has reached the necessary limit for users. Fadell then stated that the EU is forcing Apple to do only the right thing.
After this conversation, another Twitter user; He stated that if USB-C is mandatory, it could hinder future innovations and criticized Fadell’s view. Fadell stated that in this case, Apple was in a monopoly position and supported that the firm had to do the right thing. Fadell then stated that he hopes the USB-C law will be lifted after Apple moves to USB-C.
Made For iPhone program saves Apple millions of dollars
Another Twitter user stated that Apple makes millions of dollars in profits from the MFi (Made For iPhone) program every year, while Tony Fadell criticized the MFi program and defended the USB-C law again, even though he started this program himself. Tony Fadell, who earned the company millions of dollars at the time and contributed to the development of many Apple technologies, accusing Apple of monopoly and arguing that USB-C is necessary, revealed again how Apple actually made an anti-user move with the Lightning requirement. .
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