EU plans to force OEMs to use a common charger for all phones

Re:EU plans to force OEMs to use a common charger for all ph... by alpaca128 on Thursday September 23, 2021 @12:35PM (#28631517)

I fail to see how any kind of proprietary product can be more consumer friendly than an open standard. As I see it that cannot be true by definition.

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Re:EU plans to force OEMs to use a common charger for all ph... by dmitriid on Friday September 24, 2021 @02:25AM (#28639206)

There's definition and there's reality.

These are all the plugs USB has come up with over the years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_hardware

I still have a bunch of USB cables and devices at home, and I every time I have to use them I struggle to find the right combination.

Standardization is good. But in this case USB is objectively not a better standard than Apple's proprietary one.

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