EU lawmakers snub Apple's pleas, vote to push for charging cable standard

Re:EU lawmakers snub Apple's pleas, vote to push for chargin... by scarface74 on Friday January 31, 2020 @10:08PM (#22208362)

We don’t have to reach for other industries. Electricity in the home is definitely “mature” yet we never saw the need for the government to mandate a standard for a plug on the device end.

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Re:EU lawmakers snub Apple's pleas, vote to push for chargin... by Symbiote on Saturday February 01, 2020 @06:34AM (#22209997)

The "other end" almost always has IEC connectors in Europe. Is this not the case in your country?

If there's no regulation enforcing this, it's because the EU doesn't think it's necessary — the industry has agreed upon a standard without intervention.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEC_60320

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Re:EU lawmakers snub Apple's pleas, vote to push for chargin... by tripzilch on Monday February 03, 2020 @09:43AM (#22224489)

> If there's no regulation enforcing this, it's because the EU doesn't think it's necessary — the industry has agreed upon a standard without intervention.

Which is exactly what the EU asked them to do with chargers, 15 years ago :) And then they didn't so here's the resolution.

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Re:EU lawmakers snub Apple's pleas, vote to push for chargin... by scarface74 on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @10:15AM (#22236422)

And if they had done it even when the iPhone 5 came out in 2012 they would have been stuck with micro usb. Would that have served customers well?

Maybe it’s a good idea to let the market compete and come up with better ideas than the government mandating things....

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Re:EU lawmakers snub Apple's pleas, vote to push for chargin... by scarface74 on Saturday February 01, 2020 @10:02AM (#22210806)

I have multiple laptops and various other gadgets that use different connectors.

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