{"id":2937,"date":"2021-09-23T13:52:04","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T11:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/23\/apple-opposes-eu-plans-to-make-common-charger-port-for-all-devices\/"},"modified":"2021-09-23T13:52:04","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T11:52:04","slug":"apple-opposes-eu-plans-to-make-common-charger-port-for-all-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/23\/apple-opposes-eu-plans-to-make-common-charger-port-for-all-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple opposes EU plans to make common charger port for all devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Proposals to make USB-C port mandatory could reduce electronic waste and save EU consumers money<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/european-commission\">European Commission<\/a> has set out plans for a common charger port for all mobile phones, tablets and headphones, in the face of resistance from US tech giant Apple.<\/p>\n<p>An 18-page directive released on Thursday said a common charger for all brands \u201cwould benefit consumers and reduce electronic waste\u201d. It estimates that it will save EU consumers \u20ac250m (\u00a3214m) a year.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/sep\/23\/apple-opposes-eu-plans-to-make-common-charger-port-for-all-devices\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/befcb1eba60ad51faa4f3a78748a44a8b7060d27\/0_109_3444_2068\/master\/3444.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=03617a41794aa9fac1d5a4f77fda8f6b\" title=\"Apple opposes EU plans to make common charger port for all devices\" \/>Proposals to make USB-C port mandatory could reduce electronic waste and save EU consumers money<br \/>\nThe European Commission has set out plans for a common charger port for all mobile phones, tablets and headphones, in the face of resistance from US tech giant Apple.<br \/>\nAn 18-page directive released on Thursday said a common charger for all brands \u201cwould benefit consumers and reduce electronic waste\u201d. It estimates that it will save EU consumers \u20ac250m (\u00a3214m) a year. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Proposals to make USB-C port mandatory could reduce electronic waste and save EU consumers money The European Commission has set out plans for a common charger port for all mobile phones, tablets and headphones, in the face of resistance from US tech giant Apple. An 18-page directive released on Thursday said a common charger for &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/23\/apple-opposes-eu-plans-to-make-common-charger-port-for-all-devices\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Apple opposes EU plans to make common charger port for all devices<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2938,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2937"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}