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> But some kind of "warning" to "do something we didn't say in the law" is just plain wrong.

No. Acting in bad faith is what is wrong.

If Apple doesn't like it, then they can shut down their business in the EU.

Companies acting in bad faith should be explicitly punished, to an extra degree, that is intentionally designed to hurt them.

We have this right, to use laws, in a society, to punish bad faith actors.

If you don't like it, then vote for something else (you'll lose that vote though, lol) or leave the country.



> No. Acting in bad faith is what is wrong.

Do you have explicit evidence that Apple is acting in bad faith or are we merely inferring this?


Have you even read the article? It's right there, second paragraph


Implementing a USB C cable, that works better on apple specific chargers, without giving that functionality to competitors, is bad faith, and against the purpose of the law.

If they end up pulling back on the plan to do this, then the warning worked.


Not for sure, but if they aren't planning weird cable locks then they can ignore the warning.

And if they had been considering them but already cancelled the plans, whoever got them cancelled gets proven right.




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