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Re:EU plans to force OEMs to use a common charger for all ph... by kukx on Thursday September 23, 2021 @10:19AM (#28629526)
For the love of God, we do not want a government to be in charge of the innovation. When government declares specifically what technology is mandated then we can be quite certain that there will be no more progress in this area. For example why bother working on a better port than USB-C, if there is this new risk of not being able to even use it.
Re:EU plans to force OEMs to use a common charger for all ph... by walterbell on Thursday September 23, 2021 @10:59AM (#28630123)
Agreed, but IF there are going to be government mandates, let those mandates be used to balance the non-transparent power of corporations prioritizing business interests (e.g. selling more wireless headphones) instead of serving a diverse set of customer use cases.