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Standards are a great blessing for humanity. We don't pay much attention to standards but without them, society would be more difficult. Shipping containers are
by WheelsAtLarge 9y ago
Standards are a great blessing for humanity. We don't pay much attention to standards but without them, society would be more difficult. Shipping containers are just another sample of their benefits.
One that many of us will remember is the standardization of power cords for Cellphones. There was a time all phones had their power connectors which made it impossible to share power chargers. Now we take it for granted that we can grab one from a friend or go to the store and buy one without much trouble. A small step but one of many that make a large difference for society.
- paulryanrogers 9y agoInteresting that Apple is exempt
- gumby 9y agoThey aren't: they ship an adaptor in the box in jurisdictions subject to this law.
- paulryanrogers 9y agoThanks, didn't know that. Still, seems like a loophole if the goal is to reduce waste.
- kalleboo 9y agoWhat jurisdictions are those? I was thinking maybe China but it doesn't look like it from apple.com/cn. In the EU there was just a "memorandum of understanding" between manufacturers (under threat of legislation if they didn't sort things out themselves) and Apple feel they fulfill it since their charging cable has USB-A at one end.