New EU law could force Apple to make a big change

A key point of Apple’s philosophy is the proverbial “walled garden” system, where the company directly controls most, if not all, aspects of...

A key point of Apple’s philosophy is the proverbial “walled garden” system, where the company directly controls most, if not all, aspects of their devices and software. That’s why you can’t run launchers, sideload software, or natively download music on an iPhone—iOS devices only run in the ways Apple intended.

That also means Apple develops its own chipsets, so Apple devices run Apple hardware. In 2012, the firm introduced the Lightning port, a small, reversible connection standard, and it’s been a ubiquitous staple of their mobile device and accessory ecosystem ever since.

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