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Samsung's Next Step?

Productum, eorum praecepta.
Their product, their rules.

Let the market sort it out. If their sales are hurt by the decision, they'll re-think it. If not, ka-CHING.
 
1. It's only rumors. Apple tried doing this before if I remember correctly but didn't pan out. People found a way around it.

2. It's mostly I think because of issues in other parts of the globe, not the US. In regions in Asia, people tend to buy the cheap knockoff accessories like batteries and chargers and such, that actually cause damage to the phone in some cases and it creates problems for Samsung and other stuff. So its a way of limiting people to buying legit stuff. However I don't think this would cover headphones and other items that link to the 3.5mm jack, just stuff that goes through the USB port.
 
Actually if it covered chargers it might be problematic here. The EU mandated that smartphones should use a common charger standard. Wireless chargers would not be covered by this AFAIK, but if they restricted your ability to use say a charger from a different phone, or a generic charging lead to a USB port, that would be no different from having a proprietary charging port and there would be trouble (Apple's "you can buy an adapter" work-around is being questioned,).

Mind you, there's no money in those, so doubt Samsung would be interested. Conversely I doubt there have been any safety problems with wireless chargers, so if true I don't believe it's about anything other than money, whatever is said.
 
This is consistent with recent Samsung behavior. Look at the $300 Samsung TV Box that works only with certain Galaxy devices. They are trying to lock you into using only their stuff. They are the Korean Apple.
 
Has anyone got a link to anything that says this is what they're doing? so far all we've got is sources that say 'might, could, or someone thinks'?

I mean even the android forums post called it a rumour twice...
some facts or even credible sources would be nice
 
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