This kind of market abuse needs to be prohibited by regulators. But they shouldn’t be forced to pay apple royalties otherwise consumers will be blocked from using them. If a manufacturer elects to pay apple royalties to use apple’s trademarks, then that’s fine “no harm no foul”. Forced lock-outs go too far though and should not be tolerated by regulators. I’d be ok with a simple message stating the fact that the peripheral isn’t apple branded, but that’s it. After all there are other brands that offer quality. ![]() ![]() That doesn’t mean consumers shouldn’t be free to buy and use whatever brand components they want. Actually Apple has already a similar certification process for any lightning cable to ensure a bare minimum quality.
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