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Re:EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024 by oplaadpunt on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @10:44AM (#33081116)
No, it doesn't. The technical details are passed as a so called 'delegated act', which defers the power to set the details of acts to the European Commission.[1] They can update this when necessary, and will do so if the USB forum updates to a newer version. I detest all the people who are confidently wrong about these things, it detracts from the interesting steps the EU has taken here.

[1]: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=LEGISSUM...

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Re:EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024 by alain94040 on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @11:56AM (#33082239)
Assuming you are correct, it still means that any startup that has an idea for an innovation in the phone cable space will first need to worry about how to convince the European Commission to approve it. That's quite a road block for a startup.
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Re:EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024 by int_19h on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @11:51PM (#33090987)
Startups innovating in the AC power cable space are even worse off. Should we ditch the standard on AC outlets to encourage innovation there?
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Re:EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024 by moogly on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @04:04PM (#33085951)
> any startup that has an idea for an innovation in the phone cable space

That's a lot of money for a startup to burn on something inconsequential instead of using off-the-shelf stuff for the least important area where you can innovate.

Also, I haven't put a charging cable into my phone since... 2012 or something like that when the Nexus 4 came out. Ever since I tried wireless charging, going back to regularly using a charging cable feels like going back to the stone age.

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Re:EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024 by frosted-flakes on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @12:46PM (#33083033)
Easy solution: add your new innovative charging port in addition to USB-C.
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Re:EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024 by barsonme on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @01:36PM (#33083807)
So the choices are (a) convince the EU Commission to adopt another charging port, or (b) manufacture devices with multiple charging ports?
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Re:EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024 by ben_w on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @03:09PM (#33085227)
(b) describes wireless charging, so… yes?
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