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[@lorenzo575]

I was happy with the usb c change. Today was the day I was able to load a file on my thumb drive directly from my iPhone without any 3rd party apps or dongles. These regulations are great to force apple from being too greedy. I don’t think they’ve been innovative at all recently, just making small improvements here and there while still charging a lot of money. If these regulations forces apple to innovate then I’m all for it.

[@Progamer-ez1cp]

Honestly I miss lightning

[@lorenzo575]

@@Progamer-ez1cp Really?!?! I feel like the benefit of having the usb-c outweighs the lightning. My MacBook Pro can charge my phone 😅

[@eclecticaro]

I love how iPhone users have been hoping for the best every year for past 15 years and at end they get the same iPhone i new wrap and 1% improvement (minus headphone jack and the charger cause you know Tim's concerned ofthe ecology soldering everything permanently to the motherboard 😂)

[@volodymyrkim5846]

I know right? tell me about it. with all the inflation that's been going on i wouldn't be too surprised if the iphone 15 went up to $2.000.00 plus tax

[@JimmyN48]

Simple, if you do not like Apple do not buy Apple.

[@Esbamken]

is this the best way u can support apple backwardness

[@BonnieBurton-gn6tq]

Absolutely if you don’t like, I don’t buy one

[@lorenzo575]

Impossible, apple produces some of the best products. Their ecosystem alone is worth it.

[@pixelgaming7261]

5:19 I don't get why Apple is so hesitant to allow sideloading when MacOS already has it. Apple kind of deserves this when they are STILL putting 60Hz screen refresh rate on base level products. This is so anti-consumer.

[@stephendevore9926]

Apple has the company store moniker of being always in control and the world has changed and the consumer has control with options that didn't exist 10 years ago . Apple is taking the Risk of Being HUAWEI ZTE banned again MONIKER that will never go away.The biggest impact it could have is with consumers not wanting a phone they can't resell.This is a different issue but brings the ????? Question what else are they making 🤔 against consumers. I don't know. Use your imagination and it never ends.The Speculation grows without any actual proof. Perception today can get you canceled 😮

[@doultonevans]

think about it; that screen in almost all of there product line phone models. They choose to do that with the software give you the illusion that other lower models cant get higher refresh rate. all a gimmick to make money same thing with the software push in the ios for camera majority of them are the same spec as the flagship models you really think they going to make another patent for an assembly line regular and pro max lol dont mind me venting its only money!

[@sigma_799]

so millions of people lose their jobs just because spoiled you couldn't watch movies above 60hz? it doesn't make sense for them to implement expensive displays for a form factor that still relies on 60hz content. thank god you aren't a lawyer and clearly dont understand business

[@harrykatsaros]

5% of consumers know the difference between 60Hz and 120Hz and 10% of that 5% can tell the difference in day to day use. General consumers don’t care bro. That’s why Apple sells a gazillion of these things and keep increasing their market share every single year.

[@sigma_799]

@@harrykatsaros exactly, if you care about cutting edge features then apple isn't for you. apple doesn't need to compete so they take their time making sure their devices are reliable. i suggest try broken android

[@Tom-Winter-art]

Apple has always been very quick to sue anyone they felt was in violation of their rights, now they have to obey the same laws they have happily taken advantage of all this time.

[@pixelgaming7261]

Apple, a multitrillion-dollar-company, can't always get away with everything I guess.

[@nicholasmccalister8109]

Actually I will say this, the usb-c thing should not have been forced on Apple by the government. The only people that should force such decisions should be the consumers. Second, I don’t think side-loading should also be forced. Apple is a private company. They don’t hold a monopoly over telecommunications. If they wanna keep their environment in a closed loop, so be it. It’s not the governments place to mandate that they share their software with other companies. Third, I can totally understand the glucose monitoring lawsuit. They shouldn’t have stolen the technology or obtained in an unethical way. So that serves them right to have to stop selling the watch until they can pay for it legally or pull the technology out. I’m not just defending Apple, I’m defending the premise of keeping government decisions out of private companies.

[@Esbamken]

neither should Apple be forcing consumers to use their iPhone already bought and paid for from apple,the Apple wants

[@geekatari4391]

Can we have a regulation to make phones come back to under $1000? I remember when a "budget phone" was definitely not $800.

[@orarlal1003]

Not possible. The iphones and other smartphones are fairly priced. For example, the cost of production of an iphone 15 is roughly $600 (including marketing and research costs). So apple barely has a 25% profit margin on the phone. Also, remember, a lot of people involved in manufacturing the parts are underpaid. So if they were to pay them well, then iphone 15 would cost well over $800 just to produce (then they would have to raise the retail price) A smartphone is SUPPOSED to cost around 1-2K. iphones right now are very cheap (if you live in a first world country). You have to look at it this way: A $300 per year investment to make your life more comfortable, easier, better etc (considering you switch phones every 3 years)

[@Alex-sx6ps]

This is such a dumb comment phones under 500 dollars exist. Nobody’s making you buy the 1000 dollar ones

[@ZenoSamaOmniKing]

yep some secret info says iphones are really all made complete in approx 150 dollar

[@misakamikoto8785]

@@Alex-sx6ps you are correct, my iphone se 2022 costs $399 I think, gets the work done and small enough to not get addicted to phone scrolling.

[@lawrenceandrews4367]

⁠@@orarlal1003excuse. No phone should be more than 500 dollars.

[@WolfStorm007]

I think apple should stick to their guns

[@joshuabergeman354]

So first the Apple watch ban is an entirely different situation from the EU regulations. Apple could have avoided this whole situation if they'd just acknowledged their wrong doing and agreed to pay royalties for the cribbed O2 sensor tech. As for the EU regulations while those regulations are costing Apple money it's insignificant compared to the money they would lose if they pulled out of the EU market. That's a 500 million potential customer base and even if they only take 10% of the market they only need to sell one subscription service to more than recoup the lose of royalties on the lightning cable. Sideloading is a different issue but one that I doubt is going to cost them as much money as people think. 🤷

[@madamhummingbird]

Honestly, Apple hasn't created anything groundbreaking since Steve Jobs passed on. Other tech companies have been running circles around Apple in the innovation dept for along time now. If Apple folded tomorrow, I'd move on without breaking a sweat. This said if Apple break the patent laws, well then the heat coming the companies way is 1000% justified. Let the games begin.

[@upplysta3497]

so true! And Steve would stop the launch of a product if it worked poorly, like the software updates and "new hardware iike the iPhone "new"" recently... We miss Steve, R.I.P. Steve

[@JamesG800]

I don't like the idea of a company being forced by a government to comply with certain build specifications. The more governement tends to get involved the worse things seem to become. The bottom line is if the consumers didn't like the products Apple made they wouldn't buy them and the fact that Apple is still successful as a company shows the things they are being harrased for are really not that big of a deal. The USB-C port probably would've happened anyway without goverment intervention since people, in general, found the previous ports to be inconvenient. The smart watch is a silly piece of tech to me in the first place, but they could still sell Apple watches even if they didn't have quite the same health monitoring capabilities. It really should be left to the consumner to express their desires to a company and allow the company to tailor a product to the demand; not governments.

[@YingLui305]

Obviously you are one of those Apple loyalist who feel that Apple has not done anything wrong. What evidence do you have that Apple would have put USB on Iphones had it not been for the intervention of the EU? Regardless of what you say, your argument will be insufficient because history testifies that it is the EU that forced Apple to put USB on Iphones

[@CityChristina]

It will force Apple to actually innovate so I'm fine with that. And I may or may not love seeing Apple finally going down. About time someone has the guts to hold their gross greed accountable.

[@xfile2713]

Apple needs to do better products with less problems and new products every two years, instead of once a year. Looking at their track record, eg updates. Problem batteries over heating just to name a few. Personally I want less choices, but better quality, considering the prices we pay!

[@ZenoSamaOmniKing]

​@@chatsworthosbornejrbruh u are a slave of apple they say hey dog give me 2000 u give , they say bark and give me more 50 for a stupid ringtone u pay

[@rafbarkway5280]

Apple tried to make unrepairable products, designed to last a max of two years.Check the battery re-charge specs. Some people hav'nt got the money for this. It was Apples plan, everyone buy a new iphone regularly, but it sucks.@@chatsworthosbornejr

[@Himsofinee]

Okay, you’re only telling us they band their products but you’re not telling us why.

[@bocarrmanneh9679]

Are you listening to him

[@chucklana161]

Here we go again - Apple is dead - yeah sure

[@diokdin]

Apple can just sell iPhones that EU wants the USBC and side loading and removable batteries etc. But have another kind of iPhones that other people like. Just make a different variety and sell those to them since what they want and the one they wanted to make sell to the rest. Win-win. And let’s see if those people that wanted those iPhones they demanded will buy it or not 🤷‍♀️

[@CityChristina]

Apple has an "all or nothing" mentality. Not gonna happen.

[@androyd87tv]

Apple greedy. I’m glad ppl standing up to them.

[@glenn2595]

The problem is we the people can stand together and boycott the products. The Goevenrments should never get involved. I distrust our government way, way, way more than my distrust Apple.

[@androyd87tv]

@@glenn2595 I actually agree with you. Someone gotta do it though.

[@jalenpadilla7744]

I like how following the laws to avoid being banned from entire countries somehow spells doom for Apple. I have actually never seen a video from you that isn’t “Apple is about to become nonexistent”

[@PWingert1966]

The only chance they have would be to buy Massimo in a hostile takeover.

[@brucegreenberg7573]

Hmmmm. Why didn’t I think of that? But it’s possible the FTC and/or the SEC would have something to say about this. 🤔

[@thejollywrencher]

⁠​⁠@@chatsworthosbornejr Nah. They are based in California. The founder and CEO is Iranian-American though.

[@gwj7747]

Also …….. I feel an update to shutdown the glucose monitoring system is in the works which I feel is prolly why it seems like Apple isn’t tripping a couple weeks of no sales then when they bring it back and allow sells they will make back everything they may have potentially lossed cause any publicity is good publicity this will jump there sells guaranteed!!!

[@PWingert1966]

I think they may be required to shut down the entire sensor platform on all watches everywhere if the ruling goes against them, they could be forced to fork over all the profits from the watch. That is about 17 billion for the last several years. let's have a grand total in the 100 to 120 billion range.

[@youtubesuxnow8766]

I've been a jailbreaker for YEARS. It's slowed down the last couple, so personally, I am thrilled at the potential for sideloading. Every year I buy the best new iPhone and the best new Android/Foldable. Keep 'em for a few months until I get sick of one. Android has lost every year, but not for the reason many would think. It's the smartwatch situation. My original smartwatch was The Pebble. It was simple, but great. When they shut down, it was Apple. I've tried many watches, but no other ones are that close. So the day Android releases a kick-ass watch, is the day I finally switch for good

[@Shadowlistic_]

I liked my own comment (and apple did too)

[@Kingmoonlight]

Why are kids watching this

[@MCorpReview]

Getting banned from small markets is ok ✅ but not big ones😂

[@Shadowlistic_]

@@Kingmoonlight blud you are 4 yrs old

[@Shadowlistic_]

@@user-en4oy8ct2w bro ur 3

[@TheGuyWhoComments]

Why do people like this

[@justiceforall1288]

Apple should tell them No! No! NO! HELL NO‼️❗️ Kick ROCKS‼️ No Company (good -or- poor) should be forced by their government (mainly our U.S. Government) to change ANYTHING‼️🫵🏾😡🫵🏾😡🫵🏾😡🤬🤬🤬🤬

[@ZenoSamaOmniKing]

they should be , otherwise they will do anything they want open this message : cost 20 dollar

[@biffmercury]

Maybe now Apple will get back into the computer business again.

[@megamegaO]

This pretty much confirms that their future platform will be the VR helmet...will they continue to make phones? Yes, but most likely barebones iphones that will be conduits for the vr headset.

[@nicholasmccalister8109]

Seriously what does the world have against apple?

[@CityChristina]

So sheeple lol

[@BonnieBurton-gn6tq]

Absolutely right outrageous I like Apple

[@texxphillips]

They might just make limited amounts of the phones that comply with government regulations and continue to make their own Apple products. Selling both, they could expand their market share.

[@PWingert1966]

I could see them using the SE as a testbed for replaceable battery technology, at least in terms of consumer acceptance.

[@SMFJose]

Why not sold battery?

[@sohappyilltry]

i wonder how they feel, coz everytime some companies have similar products they will sue ASAP😂 now their greed and gatekeeping backfired,

[@davidgordon3744]

Wonder if gov is going to lean on apple to get user data.

[@YorgoFeghaly]

Can you please change the glitch sound when you play a small section, thought my earphones were broken

[@gabe6959]

they are doing it because Apple doesn't allow government access to user data.

[@rocketmunkey1]

Quite possibly but Apple was caught giving "intelligence" agencies access to customers text messages. so probably not, but thumbs up for the comment its an important point !

[@gabe6959]

@@rocketmunkey1 really?? I cant that find information on google. Can you share the link to that please?

[@MrMalam1234]

Comment like these show how education system failed some people.... Or rather, some people failed at gaining basic education..

[@gabe6959]

@@MrMalam1234 how so?

[@johnadams3038]

User replaceable iphone batteries is a terrible idea... it will undermine the whole point of iphone as we know it today

[@rashaadlawson4537]

What? Government is shutting down apple products?!? Say it ain’t so. 😢

[@michaels8607]

cool, then it will just be phones for adults

[@BonnieBurton-gn6tq]

I know also worried are we gonna have software updates? I mean, there’s some things Apple could change like maybe prices or something but this is outrageous.

[@butwhytho4858]

Maybe they lose their creative spark? Are u KIDDING me lmao. What does creativity or creative departments have to do with changing to a standard means of charging and allowing ppl to change their batteries. WHAT?! 🤣🤣🤣 The only creative spark was creating a way to limit ppl fixing their own phones more and more and more. And that’s coming from an Apple fan…

[@madamhummingbird]

FACTS

[@lukastomasch]

Government regulations always slow down development

[@CityChristina]

Lolwut? No, it's the opposite. It will force Apple to ACTUALLY innovate since they've been sitting on their butts making profits off Lightning cables and a few improvements to their iPhone every year. That's all they've been doing since Steve Jobs left.

[@Zoldyck592]

This is where they bust out the infamous iPhone 9

[@memory1837]

apple x serve is funny for apple tv A13 N7P tv without "usb" computer.

[@Edge5055]

Leave Apple alone. Tim, grow some kahunas.

[@lancer1993]

Replaceable battery in a phone or tablet is one thing but it would never happen is a smart watch or AirPods.

[@anthonyp6810]

Replaceable battery on an iPhone that did make me laugh. That’s so 1990 hello Nokia 3210 and Nokia club

[@jamesstone1493]

It seems pretty easy to eliminate the one questionable function at least temporarily?????

[@george6252]

I don't feel pressed, just switch from IOS 13 to Android phone. Apple 8 to a Garmin watch.

[@turbyoulance]

APPLE to me is dead. I have a iPod nano which is basically eWaste cos you can't change the battery. iTunes that I still have credit on are so hard to manouver it's almost criminal. Now my iPhone SE2020 won't update to IOS17.1. I will be buying androids or the Fair Phone. I watch the U Tuber Hugh Jeffreys who repairs phones and he has many many times revealed what a headcase APPLE are in their right to repair. A lot of Apple engineers are leaving apple as well. Their tech is in the gutter, not to mention the over heating in their iPhone 15. All the tech reviewer's mostly used Android anyhow.

[@mgarner6010]

There was nothing with the lightning charger

[@brianl8540]

I just wish I was allowed to code my own Watch face & put it on my Watch (Please don’t waste my time w Facer)

[@maikaimakena9424]

What if Samsung and Google become the new leaders in tech

[@bocarrmanneh9679]

Who told you that Apple is the leader of tech

[@ryanhall9152]

Samsung is the leader 😂 in tect

[@RiCH_926]

This is exactly why I love Samsung their products are so good nobody can say any different s23 ultra baby and we got the s24 ultra coming out Can't wait That's why it pays to be innovative and do your own thing

[@CityChristina]

I'm no fan of Apple, but enjoy your bloatware. So ghetto. Pixel all the way!

[@KhayaSZ]

I feel like this video is way to serious for this jumpy upbeat music in the background 💀

[@DieselDucy]

Apple needs to be brought down a notch or two. They are very anti consumer.

[@MFizzle777]

As Steve Jobs said: "Good artist copy, great artist steal"! Plagiarism has been key to Apple's growth.

[@JJW001]

Yeah sure, Apple will definitely go the way of making less money 😅 sounds like a great stock to own.

[@trebor1745]

Yes. It does sound crazy.

[@Zakariah1971]

How many masonic hand gestures did u catch in this video: 666, pyramid, etc. 👀

[@Lorna-JWB]

Maybe I am confused. Didn’t Apple halt the production of the series 9, due to knowing that was what was coming up until things are resolved regarding whether or not they stole the patent for the blood oxygen feature (and a separate case for the ECG feature)? They engaged in discussions with the company who created the technology when the company said they would be interested in a partnership. Then Apple lured that company’s top 4 inventors over to work for Apple, had them do some tiny tweak, and tried to claim that the technology was NEW and not stolen.

[@tishwish15]

That sums it up

[@eclecticaro]

I love how iPhone users have been hoping for the best every year for past 15 years and at end they get the same iPhone i new wrap and 1% improvement (minus headphone jack and the charger cause you know Tim's concerned ofthe ecology soldering everything permanently to the motherboard 😂)

[@brysonmatthews3363]

I don’t by it not one bit because a lot of the Government officials use Apple based products so therefore they wouldn’t ban Apple products

[@ronsmith4330]

THEY SHOULD JUST LEAVE APPLE ALONE AND LET APPLE BE APPLE!!!!!!!

[@TheTrueCollector735]

Agreed

[@CityChristina]

And stealing patents? Aww, cute.

[@fireyadventurer9916]

It’s joever guys. (I love the fact that the video is 9:11 minutes long)

[@WhittyPics]

All these tech companies poach tech and employees from each other.

[@JoeWaylo]

All they have to do is buy MASIMO and their patents. Then the entire trial is dead.

[@MrZimmmy]

Hey Robert, Apple doesn’t fall in line. They’re a company that draws the line that others follow.

[@bruceinmyheart]

Didn’t this guy say that iPhone 16 was canceled anyway?

[@QUADBOYification]

Any deviation from the Apple standard (design and possibilities) is seen as ridiculous to talk about. No Apple iPhone will ever have more than 3 cameras beside the front facing tech. Being able to repair a display or upgrade an old battery without Apple care services might be another actual thing to ban the phone. You get nasty messages and the phone is basically useless. What better reason to act on this.

[@gwj7747]

I tell u what they won’t do is throw in the towel and stop making stuff .!!! Silly rabbit 🐰

[@NickDrinksWater]

Wont happen but I'm good with my 15 pro max anyway for several years so i dont care regardless lol

[@ahofmann1577]

This man is Simping for a company

[@hekiroreynolds277]

i dont know what to say

[@upplysta3497]

They will do everytihng in their power, to keep the money coming their way... so they don't have another option and follow these regulations. Europe will not stop at this. If you gained enough complaints about their tactics of "What you see is what you gent Macbooks or Mac Studio/ iMac", this could be the very next thing for a new trial. Its quite annoying that you simple aren't able to upgrade you internal HDD or Ram... Everything is soldered... It's all about the big money, less about the quality and what their users want.

[@United_Wings]

Oh

[@walterwhite1]

This is just crazy 😂

[@richardsekinger2374]

Nobody can do whatever they want. There are always consequences sometimes not apparent. If only we had a crystal ball you say? That wouldn’t even prevent consequences of your actions from being realized somewhere in the future. I say roll the dice do what you think to be true and honest and let come what may.

[@alecampos8464]

To be honest, not the biggest Apple fan, and i do think some of these mandates are necessary for all phone manufacturers but I'm not a fan of the fact that the governments are stepping in to limit certain things on companies. Like i get it, Apple has some shady-ass marketing tactics and i believe that they should definitely make these changes for the consumer's sake. But i kinda wish it was us, the consumers, saying something and putting money where our mouth is that made Apple change its ways as opposed to the government. But ig someone had to do it since Apple was never gonna do it on their own and consumers are too stupid and sheep to stop buying apple products and shame androids

[@dbrite3626]

They’re not going to stop making things

[@lordforex]

This video is about a bunch of nothing. Maybe this, maybe that, maybe maybe.

[@kc4ttv]

Competition should drive innovation. Stealing intellectual property and uneccessary regulations choke innovation. The Chinese have been notorious for reverse engineering (which is stealing intellectual property) and have turned it into a multi-billion dollar global enterprise and still to this day violate intellectual property laws across the planet. Tariff's and fines against the Chinese is the answer. If Apple is stealing intellectual property (which apparently they are) they too should pay with tariff's and fines. This has really gotten way out of control for decades now. Microsoft was a player in this as well securing mega billion dollar US contracts.

[@Campwise05]

Nice one!

[@Max86421]

Apple need to put back the fingerprint scanner on iPhones 💯

[@okladood-adam2564]

Just break the law and pay a fine. It’s a win win for both Apple and the government. Both will make $

[@prima6170]

Switch to Linux like I did, and you don't have to put up with Trapple anymore.

[@leviandhiro3596]

When companies think they are bigger than the government 😂 Apple will comply like it or not. Also when will iphones be able to splitscreen multitask

[@Lc_Sebastian]

MAYBE!!! MAYBE! clickbite title!

[@edwardbroadnaxjr2592]

Be Apple do Apple! That’s my take…

[@rashlees]

U from usb means Universal.

[@jeremyglover5541]

Stop making stuff? dont be ridiculous. the M2 and upcoming M3 SoC are some of the fastest and most efficient in the world and even if they stopped making computers/phones etc, they would definitely find people that wanted to license that hardware. Yes, its produced by TSMC for them, but that just makes it easier and less costly for them to pivot if required.

[@cannaboy.420]

They should force apple to get a mem card slot a headphone jack and most importantly the charger included in the box, these things should be forced on Apple until they stop resisting just like it did with usb c

[@nashgilbert13]

Definitely not. If you want a phone with those, go buy a phone with those. It shouldn’t be a government forced mandate that the phone has those things

[@cannaboy.420]

@@nashgilbert13 I say iPhone or even best Apple should be banned through the world for just taking away things and just hogging on the customer's hard earned money

[@ZenoSamaOmniKing]

agreed , apple is manipulating people and forcing it's decisions like he's the boss

[@tolgaa2613]

Apple needs too pay there taxes! LOL

[@hankmiller990]

Apple is a marketing company and not a pure tech company like Samsung. Iphones are rather antiquated compared to Samsung flagship on every thinkable aspect. Productivity and usability options, gaming and multi-media experience, customizability, overal quality, limited support and updates, no AI, no Fold, no Flip and on and on and on..

[@skyscraperfan]

Apple is a publicly traded company. They are legally obliged do maximise the profits for their stock holders unless there are some major moral reasons against it. If they decide to leave the EU and Japan because of their app store laws, every owner of Apple shares could sue them, because the share price would certainly plunge by 20% or more. It also is very unlikely that the EU and Japan will stay alone with that regulation. The UK will certainly follow, Canada might follow, Australia might follow and of course Korea, which is the home of Apple's biggest rival in the smartphone industry. Taiwan might follow as a repercussion for Apple slowly leaving the country. The next big change will be the removable battery. As all those other laws, that is not a law targeted at Apple. All companies will have to comply with it in 2027 or 2028. Apple sues anybody who violates their patents. So they can't complain if others sue Apple if Apple violates their patents. Especially if it is not a "patent troll" who just registered a patent to sue people.

[@justplanefred]

I feel like the USB-C thing was the first step to the breakdown… They didn’t seem to fight it much but iPads were there already so I feel like it really wasn’t that far off. Regardless I think government mandates were not necessary. And if it was it should apply to everything, not just Apple. As for the replaceable battery I don’t see it. Most of the popular Android phones don’t really have that either. They should be able to build what they and ultimately the customers want. If the customers don’t they won’t buy it…

[@rocketmunkey1]

I agree I don't want governments (reality corporations and their lobby groups) to tell people and companies where to eat sleep and s***. Although USB C was high time, All these crazed Android fans fapping about forcing iPhones to have USB C, don't seem to understand they are sacrificing their God given right to Choose ! But I think the replaceable battery isn't really about a pull the back of the phone off and slot in another battery, but really about right to repair, and I think that comes under the definition of sale and ownership, which is a c0mm on Law matter and requires no new legislation just the correct application of c0mm on Law, and the setting of precedence.

[@Techforlife280]

Yeah why don’t PEOPLE SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT apple I mean every other company has high prices and unreparable devices.PEOPLE ARE FUCKING BRAINDEAD

[@benaravensfan]

Apple doesn't make nearly as much money off of USB-C as they did off of lightning cables. Apple got a cut of the profits from every lightning cable sold, regardless if it was made by Apple or not because Apple owned the patents. They make 0 if you choose to purchase non-Apple branded USB-C cables.

[@recondax]

I have to agree about the removable battery. Having non removable batteries increase the durability of a phone by reducing the amount of dust and moisture that can get in. Once the back of the phone is removable again, those IPX ratings will be downgraded or removed. I rather have a non removable with the IPX ratings.

[@CityChristina]

No, I do want removeable batteries. Batteries don't last forever plus it's nice to swap with a spare one if you ever need it. Also I secretly am loving see Apple go down. Finally someone has the guts to do it.

[@marekpapro4897]

mumia europejska naciskała na złącze lightning, usbc jest gorszym rozwiązaniem Apple nie powinno się ugiąć pod naciskami.

[@Esbamken]

I have being shouting it for years Apple ,is the present day BB . Greed and empty hyping of products new features is beginning to hurt Apple, people are waking up,people are beginning to understand and more tech savvy than 10yrs ago .

[@nelsonlawton2649]

I think Apple should do what they want to do and everyone else should just go with the follow I like the Apple products for the safety and security

[@Shorty88Design]

…so;… no innovation!?

[@lancer1993]

This didn't age well.

[@lhenneman6447]

The great unelected bureaucracy strikes again.

[@MegaFlorin111]

About time.. Apple gets what they deserve..

[@gospelaccordingtojohn8959]

To make the iPhone better by letting to U.S. government “design” it? …yeah, that’s should solve the problem.

[@katinasoutherland7693]

All these people that are commenting Apple only has to shut it off through a software update is wrong Apple was caught with another company's product/ design/ property in their watch with that being said they have to STOP SEEING IT.

[@tishwish15]

True, it isn’t just a software issue. There’s also infringement on hardware

[@brendan_creator]

Alright im just gonna stick to my iphone 15 pro no matter what android phones will never be better than an iphone

[@dominikriegler]

Finally. I love to see them getting kicked in their butt. Apple ruined everything. No micro-SD card slot, No 3.5mm headphone jack, ugly designed Smartphones with notches and islands. The problem is not, that their phones suck. We all know that already. The problem is, that other great companies also copied these failures and now, we rarely see great smartphones anymore. Most of the new smartphones suck, because of these issues (card slot, 3.5mm, notch-less design). The current best phone out there with a nice design is the Samsung Galaxy Note 9. It has everything. Its perfect. But phones released nowadays? They also are just as bad as those iPhones. So I really hope that they are getting punished for those things they gave direction for, which sadly many recent phone manufacturers copied. I just want an up-to-date smartphone like the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 but with 240W fast charging, micro-SD card slot, 3.5mm headphone jack and without a notch or island or any bullshit Apple could invent in the future. And I also hope, that other companies won't slap a 200€ on top of the price and call it "Titanium". Seriously. Which idiot had the idea to use that kind of metal, just because its stronger. It's not like our lives depend on phones so they have to be everlasting. What do I use my phone for? Alarm clock, music player, video player, navigation system, shopping, Notion, occasionally shooting photos, calling, texting, occasionally playing games. Do I use Social Media? No.

[@mil546]

Ohhh I think you got it wrong Tim Cook is not responsible on this matter the lawyers are. Another comment you made about mr. Cook i believe he is a good guy and he does not need a stick to prove a point. To be honest he is a man and more than that. You might not like but he is.

[@marks6072]

Poor business decisions always make happy stockholders... Are you serious???