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Re:EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024 by yellowapple on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @01:28PM (#33083665)
> But if the change is happening, it might be foolish to purchase cables that have one foot in the grave already.

I don't see USB-A going anywhere in the next decade or so, especially now that they're popping up in wall outlets and power strips alongside traditional wall plugs (at least here in the US; YMMV elsewhere). Hell, I was at a casino last weekend and pretty much every slot machine has a USB-A port specifically for charging phones (unfortunately, the casino's gift shop was sold out of USB-C and Lightning, but had lots of micro-B on hand - go figure lol).

Re:EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024 by gnicholas on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @01:47PM (#33083965)
Yeah I was traveling recently and realized that all the hotel/airport/airplane receptacles are USB-A. Wonder how long that will last?
Re:EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024 by yellowapple on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @07:41PM (#33088763)
> Wonder how long that will last?

Probably for longer than USB-A male connectors exist, knowing how fast things usually evolve in said industries :)