According to the website appgefahren The US giant Apple has now officially commented on the planned EU directive. The company published a statement on Thursday and is clearly opposed to the planned uniform standard. The tech giant argued that from its perspective, such a directive “hampers innovation [würde]”instead of encouraging”. The EU tried to force a uniform charging plug in all smartphones as early as 2009. This would have had a massive negative impact on the development of Lightning and USB-C Co. was signed, the manufacturers were again able to avoid this obligation.-
It is therefore not surprising that the multitude of plugs and connections available at the time has now been reduced to two standards: Apple’s Lightning and USB-C. Micro-USB is also installed in some devices, but this quota is steadily decreasing and is being replaced by the modern USB-C. Advantages of USB-C over Micro-USB include a higher supported data rate, a larger maximum current flow and more practicality due to its axisymmetric design.
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