Apple opposes the European Commission’s proposal for make USB-C input mandatory in electronic devices to reduce waste generated by the technology industry. According to a statement from an American company, as mentioned in various media such as The keeper, this measure “stifles innovation.”
In addition to this criticism, Apple says it is “concerned” about the Commission’s two-year transition period. While some of the hardware Apple sells already uses USB-C ports, the company has kept its own iPhone port called lighting…
According to the Vice President of the European Commission Margrethe Vestager, the manufacturers “had enough time to come up with solutions.” “This directive aims to reduce the e-waste generated by the sale of radio equipment and to reduce the extraction of raw materials and CO2 emissions from the manufacture, transport and disposal of chargers, thereby contributing to a circular economy,” said the European official.
For several years, the European Commission wanted to create a standard for charging connectors for electronic devices in order to reduce technological waste. Apple has repeatedly argued that such a measure “suppresses innovation, not stimulates it, and that it will harm consumers in Europe and the economy as a whole,” the statement said. March this year… When Nokia was the dominant company in the market in the 2000s, each manufacturer had a different type of charger.
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In 2007, the Micro USB standard appeared, and chargers, data input and charging gradually began to appear in mobile phones. The possibility of creating a universal charger has been talked about since 2009, when there were about 30 models on the European market and a voluntary agreement was signed between the major mobile phone manufacturers in Europe to harmonize it, Lusa reported this Thursday. fair. However, the iPhone has always had its own notes.
According to the European Commission, the latest data show that consumers in the European Union spend about 2.4 billion euros annually on chargers, and those that stop working create 11,000 tons of marine debris per year.
