My argument was against all the people saying "but this way we're going to be stuck with USB-C until the end of time!". The EU was happy with the market going from micro-USB to USB-C at it's own pace. They didn't want to legislate "use microUSB forever" and they didn't have to.
The EU's preferred way would let the industry continue to innovate freely as long as the market converged on common, open standards. But 30% of the market (=Apple) using a proprietary non-licensable plug was too far away from the idea of market experimentation.
The EU's preferred way would let the industry continue to innovate freely as long as the market converged on common, open standards. But 30% of the market (=Apple) using a proprietary non-licensable plug was too far away from the idea of market experimentation.