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[–] rokejulianlockhart@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Indeed, the law applied to all manufacturers, but no other manufacturer wanted to remain with microUSB Type-B 2.0 due to economies of scale, etc. The loophole that Apple used was available to everyone anyway, so it's not like they couldn't have followed suit.