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A comment on EU plans to force OEMs to use a common charger for all phones. Parent comment

Re:EU plans to force OEMs to use a common charger for all ph... by rvense on Thursday September 23, 2021 @12:45PM (#28631672)
Because they were forced to use it due to EU legislation.
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Re:EU plans to force OEMs to use a common charger for all ph... by elzbardico on Thursday September 23, 2021 @01:28PM (#28632316)
Absolutely no, you're making things up. USB was part of the android specification since day one as it was a natural technical choice at that time, due to the availability of chipsets, and due to the fact that google wanted standardization across android manufacturers. There's no alternate universe where google wouldn't use USB because it was not told so by some eurocrats.
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Re:EU plans to force OEMs to use a common charger for all ph... by rvense on Thursday September 23, 2021 @02:22PM (#28633040)
Plenty of feature phones in the late 00's had USB on non-standard connectors.
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