as someone who used the IEC standard in brazil: it is complete rubish. you end up with almost 7 variations of the damn thing. it is the only country where you

as someone who used the IEC standard in brazil: it is complete rubish. you end up with almost 7 variations of the damn thing. it is the only country where you need adapters in the same house! also, it got 'adopted' without any consideration for the people. suddenly, the standard changed. everyone was pissed, but nobody wanted to get fines in new buildings. and more ironically, the OLD standard, was compatible with europe and USA and japan! it was the perfect standard for IEC to adopt, not the other way around.