We had been hearing for some time that the European Union was going to put an end to Apple’s Lightning connector. In their eagerness, with good sense in my opinion, to be able to unify all the chargers, they wanted Apple to change the way it understood that one way of respecting the environment is also to have a cable for everything and not only , not to sell plugs with new devices. Apple has refused several times, but it seems that, if you want to continue selling devices in the European territory, you will have to take steps. Now, by the time it becomes mandatory, Apple is more than likely to have embraced USB-C much earlier.
If you think about it, at Apple there is one thing that doesn’t quite fit. That some of your devices have a charging and data cable in Lightning mode, and others with USB-C. A standard that exists all over the world and that more and more devices have. Not just mobiles or tablets. It’s because of it in Europe, they wanted to unify these chargers, but have always encountered reluctance from Apple. Now it looks like there will be no choice but to switch if you want to continue in the European market.
The European Parliament has finally reached agreement on a directive that requires all consumer electronics manufacturers selling their products in Europe to ensure that a wide range of devices have a USB-C port. All this by the end of 2024. In this way, Apple will have to renew all the chargers, for example, of the iPhone, an iPad model, the charging case of some AirPods and many accessories.
However, we understand that Apple’s idea was to change these chargers to USB-C next year. But with this directive, we know that, by 2025, all Apple products sold in Europe will be equipped with USB-C
