Re:EU agrees on total ban of bee-harming pesticides
by hn0 on Saturday April 28, 2018 @04:14AM
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The regulation was because the companies were NOT competing in the market for phone chargers through vendor lock in. I don’t know about you but I’m glad I no longer have to keep a box with 30 different chargers anymore. More electronics jumped on the USB charging bandwagon and phone recharging stations are suddenly a thing. Apple somehow seems to have escaped the regulation, sadly.
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Re:EU agrees on total ban of bee-harming pesticides
by murjinsee on Saturday April 28, 2018 @03:34PM
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In addition to competition, there were also safety issues with proprietary chargers. I personally experienced this, when I had an emergency and my LG Lotus was dead. I tried using a borrowed microUSB charger at the hospital, only to be presented with the message, "Please use an LG-branded charger."
The power rating was identical; but, they had some kind of crazy, DRM-like scheme in place.
I'm very glad that I can now use or buy a cable anywhere and use pretty much any block, even an inefficient one.
Re:EU agrees on total ban of bee-harming pesticides
by detaro on Saturday April 28, 2018 @03:16PM
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Apple's charger is compliant since it has an USB-A port and phone side you can use an adapter, which explicitly was allowed in the deal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_external_power_supply#R...
Re:EU agrees on total ban of bee-harming pesticides
by klaushougesen1 on Saturday April 28, 2018 @03:08PM
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Apple categorises the iphone as a mini portable compute device - and thereby skirts the whole phone charger thing