Apple wants India to exempt older iPhone models from single-charger rules
appleinsider.com
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.

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.

  • emergencyfood@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    11·
    11 months ago

    Unfortunately, Apple’s marketshare in India is tiny, so they can leave without too much loss.

    Also, India is now the world’s most populous country. :-(

    • GbyBE@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      That also means that there’s still a huge potential for growth, before competitors reel in their potential customers. If they let other manufacturers divide the market among themselves, it may be harder to gain market share later.

    • random65837@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      11 months ago

      Good, China needs to go down in flames. More and more tech is also moving their manufacturing to India.