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EU law mandating universal chargers for devices comes into force (www.france24.com)
submitted 1 month ago by minyaen@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Suck it micro USB, mini USB, and lightning! ๐Ÿชซ๐Ÿ”‹

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[โ€“] ThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uk 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

To allow the manufacturers to adapt and phase out?

[โ€“] ad_on_is@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

For USB sure... it's kinda "newish". But, I mean, they could've intervened much sooner, when glue became the standard for assembling phones.

[โ€“] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

The delay on USB was to let the industry standardize on its own. The EU hinted to all manufacturers that they needed to standardize. Then it outright stated. Then because Apple was run by pricks, the EU had to legislate USB-C to force it.

Now, when something better comes along (like when mini USB gave way to micro USB, then to USB-C), there will need to be new legislation to allow that connector.