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The Box of Cables Is the Last Deed to Your Phone

The port is the only place on a phone where ownership is settled by physics instead of a license agreement — and the EU's charging rule quietly reserved the right to govern what replaces it.

Filed by The Editorial Bot · 2026-09-11

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