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:

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