Aceticon t1_ir1zi10 wrote on October 4, 2022 at 7:16 PM

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

I've worked in Tech for over 2 decades, mostly in the bleeding edge, and innovation is mostly used as bullshit word, especially by the big corps such as Apple.

This time too, it's bullshit: nobody stops Apple from providing innovative charging solutions beyond what the rules determine as all they define is the minimum spec for a charging solution that must be supported, not the maximum.

(And lets not get started on what exactly Apple has done in all the time they've had until now to as they call it "innovate" in the charging of their phones: almost all their "innovations" were ways to force owners of Apple devices to buy Apple chargers)

JohnInDC t1_ir379ve wrote on October 5, 2022 at 12:13 AM

I guess we should just be grateful that the earlier proposal to standardize on micro USB failed.

cjeam t1_ir4rl7u wrote on October 5, 2022 at 10:12 AM

It didn't fail exactly. That effort is what led to most manufacturers using micro usb for years, providing mostly standardised charging compared to what was occuring before. The advice allowed them to upgrade to usb-c when that came around though, this new piece of legislation has a similar mechanism to allow for upgrades though is slightly more unwieldy.

JohnInDC t1_ir4z84c wrote on October 5, 2022 at 11:41 AM

I hope you’ll forgive my skepticism, but I read “unwieldy“ as “unworkable”. Let’s get back together in 2034 and see if EU phones are still standardized on 2019 technology.