There are fewer and fewer until September arrives and Apple announces the new iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro. They will come loaded with news, and one of the most interesting and at the same time unexpected, is the inclusion of a USB-C port. Sincerely, We don’t believe that was Apple’s intention.but the European Union ended up forcing them.
Make the law, make the trap, they will have thought of Apple. If they put in a USB-C port but only allow whoever buys their cables or manufacturers who pay for MFi certification to take advantage of it, They will continue to enter this extra money that Lightning gave them. Well, it seems not, that the European Union is not worth it.
The commissioner is right.
According to the German newspaper Die Zeit, Thierry Breton, the European commissioner in charge of the internal market and services, would have sent a letter to Cupertino explaining that its claim to limiting unofficial cables would not be compatible with European legislation. Since the directive does not come into force until 2024, Apple could follow this policy with the launch of the iPhone 15, but not with the iPhone 16.
As a law student, and although I love Apple, I agree with the commissioner. If we make a teleological interpretation of the norm, that is to say, if we analyze what the legislator sought to obtain by approving it, we realize that, fundamentally, what he wanted to prevent was that two users of different devices should have two different cables to load and use them.
This Apple policy would only respect telos (end) of the rule. A Samsung user could not lend his cable to an iPhone user. Now he can’t do it because they’re not the same, and with this policy I couldn’t do it because he probably didn’t have the MFi certification. This is essentially what the legislator wants to avoid.
First of all everything indicates that Apple will be forced to comply. It is true that European directives do not directly oblige, but rather propose a result to the Member States and it is they who must use the tools they deem appropriate to achieve this end, so policy may vary from country to country. In any case, we will be attentive.
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