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Re:Bluetooth remains an 'unusually painful' technology after... by bigbillheck on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @06:01AM (#32163539)
They most certainly were not: https://www.engadget.com/2009-06-29-nokia-apple-rim-and-othe...
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Re:Bluetooth remains an 'unusually painful' technology after... by grnmamba on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @06:10AM (#32163600)
Ok, so since 2009 everyone except Apple was on USB.
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Re:Bluetooth remains an 'unusually painful' technology after... by seszett on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @09:01AM (#32165163)
2009 is when the EU stepped in. They didn't have to set it into law because the industry agreed to it voluntarily except for Apple.
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Re:Bluetooth remains an 'unusually painful' technology after... by artiii on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @06:38PM (#32173329)
"industry agreed to it voluntarily" China before eu(~1-2y) forces usb chargers. and industry had choice, make special version for them or not.
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Re:Bluetooth remains an 'unusually painful' technology after... by id on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @06:35AM (#32163756)
No, because there were many other manufacturers.
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Re:Bluetooth remains an 'unusually painful' technology after... by ralfd on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @09:40AM (#32165641)
Thankfully that EU initiative failed. They wanted the industry to adopt micro-usb as the standard, which would have sucked and would be worse than the situation today
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Re:Bluetooth remains an 'unusually painful' technology after... by afiori on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @11:16AM (#32166954)
The EU charger mandate required USB if USB was sufficient, IIRC apple managed to continue using lightning connectors b arguing that USB standards of the time where not enough for the iPhone.
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Re:Bluetooth remains an 'unusually painful' technology after... by bigbillheck on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @12:14PM (#32167917)
Is the situation today not 'everything is micro-usb, usb-c, or apple'?
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Re:Bluetooth remains an 'unusually painful' technology after... by detaro on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @09:42AM (#32165672)
How was getting all manufacturers to agree a "failure"?
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