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USB-C charging ports become standard across EU Saturday (timesofmalta.com)

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All mobile phones, tablets, earphones and a wide range of other portable consumer electronics will need to be sold with USB-C charging ports from Saturday, the EU has announced.

First introduced around a decade ago, USB-C charging ports are reversible and capable of accelerated data transfer and charging speeds, the latter known as 'fast charging’.

In a statement on Friday, the European Parliament said that as of the following day, all such devices sold in the EU must have a USB-C charging port, with laptops set to follow suit in late April 2026.

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[+] madthumbs@lemmy.world -45 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (22 children)

I don't buy any Apple products, but I supported their decision to keep their hardware compatibility by using legacy standards (which were great when they came out). Now docking stations, and such become obsolete.

Also, who determines the standards we follow and why is government stepping in to support a standard that took money to develop against another that took money to develop? These things should die on their own.

[–] clmbmb@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Fuck Apple and their "standards"
Fuck apple shills
Fuck American mentality about "government shouldn't set standards"

That's all.

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

Fuck ever releasing a new standard to supercede usb-c because now that it's enshrined in law you'd have to overcome a mountain of beurocracy to do so

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You know what I love about Apple?

It’s really easy to give exact instructions on how to do things to the less tech savvy because they have so few variations in their product line.

That’s it.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Well, at least until they have a new iOS release and move everything in the settings around again.

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 0 points 7 months ago

Well, they change things more on major releases. Unlike Microsoft……

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