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Re:EU plans to force OEMs to use a common charger for all ph... by sildur on Thursday September 23, 2021 @06:35AM (#28627407)
That won't work. They will have to include an USB-C port, wireless charging or not.
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Re:EU plans to force OEMs to use a common charger for all ph... by cbo100 on Thursday September 23, 2021 @07:00AM (#28627555)
So due to the EU we will never have a port less phone of any brand?

That doesn’t sound right either.

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Re:EU plans to force OEMs to use a common charger for all ph... by dbbk on Thursday September 23, 2021 @08:24AM (#28628161)
A portless phone is not a good idea anyway.
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Re:EU plans to force OEMs to use a common charger for all ph... by cbo100 on Thursday September 23, 2021 @10:05PM (#28637877)
That’s beside the point. (And people said the same about headphone jacks, but look at them now)

Should a government be able to dictate the feature set of a class of devices?

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Re:EU plans to force OEMs to use a common charger for all ph... by dbbk on Friday September 24, 2021 @02:31AM (#28639247)
Yes they do it all the time
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