Interesting that primarily US journos are today Team Apple Would Have Gone USB-C Anyway, saying the EU had nothing to do with the changes.

Quite possibly. But also possibly not. Personally, I think something had to give re wired transfer on the iPhone Pro. But that’s for a *tiny* user base, so: <shrug>

And in the hmm camp, remember how a company exec initially responded to the legislation: https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/26/23423977/iphone-usb-c-eu-law-joswiak-confirms-compliance-lightning 

 @683562c3 apple’s charging cables suck they get dirty and go bad you have to buy new ones all the damn time they are freaking awful about damn time they fixed those stupid things