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The EU is enforcing USB-C on portable devices

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Monkeh:

--- Quote from: eugene on June 24, 2022, 08:33:58 pm ---Evidently, all attempts to explain to you that charging ports are already standardized has not hit home.

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They are not. There are at least three in circulation from major vendors and more legacy types in less reputable products, and absolutely no standardisation of protocol for rapid charging.

Except, well, soon there will be. You're welcome.

PlainName:
Dashcams and GPS commonly use mini-B connectors. I think they're still used, over micro-B, because the ID pin can be used to tell them when to power down (or up, as the case may be).

Kyle_from_somewhere:

--- Quote from: eugene on June 24, 2022, 06:46:00 pm ---Sure, there are cases where it makes sense. Some people might point at monopolies, but I would argue that monopolies are a distinct example of a free market ailing, so regulations might be put into place to restore its health. I understand that I'm expressing something of a ideology here, that a free market is always the best system provided it is allowed to be healthy and flourish.
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What is meant by allowing it to "be healthy and flourish"? Who does the allowing?


--- Quote from: eugene on June 24, 2022, 06:46:00 pm ---I relayed the regulation to a friend that hadn't heard about it. Their immediate response was that they think it's a good idea. They then proceeded to list all the reasons they prefer USB C over micro-B. But when asked if they thought a law should be passed requiring it on every product with a charging port, they admitted that a law doesn't make sense.

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That doesn't mean anything. You found a person who'd never heard of it and had no opinion, and for the duration of that encounter you were their only source of information. They only heard about it filtered through your views. So obviously they're likely to agree with you, because you have the total monopoly on ideas in that situation. There is no room to do anything else.

You can do that to anyone who's unfamiliar with a given subject.

Monkeh:

--- Quote from: dunkemhigh on June 24, 2022, 09:13:50 pm ---Dashcams and GPS commonly use mini-B connectors. I think they're still used, over micro-B, because the ID pin can be used to tell them when to power down (or up, as the case may be).

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Micro-B has the same ID pin.

PlainName:
Duh! I'm thinking of the A  :palm:

There must be some reason though. Even fairly recent Garmins use the mini over micro.

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