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>>thunde+(OP)
This is the kind of intractable bureaucratic inertia people were worried about regarding the EU’s USB-C mandate. It remains to be seen how that plays out (partly given that the current state of USB-C implies it could Frankenstein forward for quite some time), but this is definitely a useful cautionary tale. The floppy mandate was probably a really progressive take at the time it was introduced.

>>merryw+0b
> EU’s USB-C mandate

This is fake news /s

The law of the land is manufacturers all have to agree on a standard.

If Apple wants to bribe everyone to use lightning, or micro-usb, they are free to do so.

If tomorrow everyone wakes up and decides to use thunderbolt, they are free to do so.

>>Clumsy+nf
I'm a bit confused. The directive specifically says USB-C [1].

[1] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv%...