variousred t1_ir15woq wrote on October 4, 2022 at 4:11 PM

Reply to comment by variousred in EU votes to force all phones to use same charger by 2024 by WallStreetDoesntBet

Here’s hoping usbc is good enough for the rest of time

SnappyPoster t1_ir1dbxb wrote on October 4, 2022 at 4:57 PM

Pretty good so far, good quality cables and good quality plug and your not going to wrong!

danbriant t1_ir1diud wrote on October 4, 2022 at 4:58 PM

Especially as that one cable providing it's the right plug can also do your laptops, phones, and some major games consoles as well.

zeezyman t1_ir32lmt wrote on October 4, 2022 at 11:37 PM

Lucky that the regulations in the EU have a special clause about revising said regulations periodically, so it can be adjusted or scrapped if needed

Kewkky t1_ir1utvh wrote on October 4, 2022 at 6:48 PM

Obviously if the technology community develops something better we'll swap to it legally. Laws aren't set in stone for all eternity. It's bullshit that you have to own so many cables of different connectors just to be able to charge all your devices at home. if anything, THAT'S what's causing waste.

Also, as an electrical engineer, there's only so much improvement you can do to plugs and cables. Most of the improvement is with the devices themselves. If you need to use more pins in a cable, then add them in there but keep the shell of the plug the same. Most of the time plugs don't even use all the pins they have available. As long as you can connect a USB-C cable to any device that uses USB-C and it works, then innovate within those bounds.