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[โ€“] rain_worl@lemmy.world 51 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[โ€“] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Imagine the UK (or worse, each of the British countries) had a separate charger standard despite the charger standard in the EU.

[โ€“] Arbiter@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Like having a different wall outlet standard.

[โ€“] GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Like driving on the other side of the road.

[โ€“] Z3k3@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

While this would infuriate the living piss out of me, I find the idea funny as hell for some reason

[โ€“] lnxtx@feddit.nl 5 points 1 month ago

BS 1363, I don't need to imagine ~/s~

[โ€“] KestrelAlex@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago

This is just to avoid becoming the dumping ground for previous gen tech.

[โ€“] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Makes sense.

I mean the reality is that products will just use USB C anyway (they already do!) because it's cheaper to have one product design than to have two or more (see how iPhones even outside of the EU all use USB C despite it not being required), but sure, why not make it official too.

[โ€“] golli@lemm.ee 22 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Most will probably use USB-C and it's just a good law in general. But I think one reason to adopt it instead of just assuming that it will happen anyways is that if they don't, they might end up being the dumping ground for whenever someone has a product that uses an older connector like micro USB simply because they are that tiny bit cheaper or just excess inventory.

Wouldn't surprise me if Apple sent devices with Lightning ports only to the UK. That just smells like them.