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The EU is enforcing USB-C on portable devices

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PlainName:

--- Quote ---I don't support the EU in this
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Why not?

Marco:
In the big scheme of things the impact on e-waste is virtually non existent, it won't create significantly more competition either because charger cables are the least of what is causing Apple ecosystem lock in and competitive advantage.

PlainName:
Sure, the e-waste thing is pretty silly. But haven't you benefited from not trying to find that particular PSU for some kit you haven't used for 3 months? Things don't come with PSUs you have to find a home for (and they never stack on the shelf as well as the kit they power), you can't plug the wrong one in and blow up something, etc.

Personally, I really appreciate being able to just grab some random spare cable and plug whatever it is into the 6-port USB supply. No captive cables to try and fix when they wear or just break because. If that means pretending it's all about e-waste, I'm happy to pretend :)

SiliconWizard:
There will never be a good outcome from fricking technocratic government (and even less so from supranational entities) meddling in any topic other than obvious safety issues.
History is full of this shit and it never ends well. But we don't learn, so we just rinse and repeat.

If you don't like Apple products (or any other brand) for whatever reason, just don't buy them. Do you need mommy EU to help you?

And, it's not even clear that it helps anything at all. Actually, I wouldn't be hugely surprised if the overall environmental cost of elaborating and having all companies follow all those directives and standards to the letter was a lot higher than just letting them sell whatever they want as long as it's safe. Just a thought.

Marco:

--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on October 30, 2022, 08:06:07 pm ---Do you need mommy EU to help you?

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Only when the market is for whatever reason incapable of maintaining a competitive environment.

Consumer electronic ecosystem is an industry with the highest barriers to entry in human history. Only getting worse as more gets pulled into ecosystem integration and as Apple starts competing as first party in more markets, say cars, where due to Apple tax they have a built in competitive advantage. I just don't think this in particular is helping.

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