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Apple isn't happy about India's demand to upgrade older iPhones with USB-C (appleinsider.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Apple isn't happy about India's demand to upgrade older iPhones with USB-C::Apple has urged the Indian IT ministry to make changes to its single charger rules, as adding USB-C to older iPhone models will make it hard for Apple to meet production targets for India's manufacturing and export laws.

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[–] 41 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I'm not sure why you're generally against governmental regulation, typical regulations are written in blood.

I would argue the government seldom goes far enough

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Ever wonder why there's no more reasonable sized pick up trucks in America? CAFE regulations incentivize auto makers to manufacture ginormous trucks. I am pro-regulation in most cases but there are some real stinkers out there.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Since when? We have pickups of every size. Small pathetic compact trucks like the Maverick, Mid sized like the Colorado, Tacoma, Ridgeline, Frontier, and then all the actual pickups. There was only a short time after the Ranger went away for the second time where there wasn't many small P/U options, they're plenty again.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It depends on the regulation. Take zoning for example, you definitely don't want a bunch of kids or elderly people living next to dangerous factories, but the laws usually go too far and prevent corner stores in residential areas, or demand way too much parking. Regulation can be good or bad.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    The big problem with zoning laws is it's far too difficult to get the zoning redefined.

    There's a plot of land near me that's on a high speed road, It is an old residential plot but because of the road no one wants to live there. In the past when the houses were originally built it was a quiet road, but it's been upgraded over the years.

    It'll be an excellent place for a small shop, and indeed a local shop in that area is desperately required, but because it's zoned as residential they can't build a shop there. No residential property is ever going to be built there, it's been abandoned for 20 years, if one was going to be built it would have been built by now.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    My mind goes to net neutrality laws debacle for instance. Yes regulation is important to keep companies in check but they can be abused when applied against the consumer.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Which they 100% will be. I was ALL for Net Neutrality, the first time that was huge news, but then started reading up on all the downsides and it'd end like all gov't regulation does, de-facto government created lock in.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    but then started reading up on all the downsides and it'd end like all gov't regulation does, de-facto government created lock in.

    So you read some propaganda and don’t actually know what net neutrality is. Cool story?

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    And then it goes too far on other things, like the Kind Online Safety Act, while not doing basic things to make the lives of their citizens much better, like UBI, or more controls of companies to stop monopolistic behaviour. Basically: more regulation of companies, less regulation of individuals. Although some things still need to be regulated of course for individuals, like enforcement of software licenses.

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