I agree but if you read the post I was referring to, it seemed as though the EU law had a clause that took away lightening ports from devices sold before the law came into effect. The law as you said does not remove features already paid for, but standardizes the port for new devices sold in an effort to harmonize the previous segmented smartphone ports and reduce ewaste.
In addition, another country drafting a similar law might take it a step further and require all new devices, even if they originally were designed with lightening to now come with usb c.
Apple has asked the Indian government to exempt existing iPhones from new rules that require smartphones sold in the country to have a USB-C charging...
www.macrumors.com
