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Things like railway gauges are components of a large-scale national network. That is not true of a device connector, which only has to work between the device
by Turing_Machine 7y ago
Things like railway gauges are components of a large-scale national network.
That is not true of a device connector, which only has to work between the device and the power brick.
- lokedhs 7y agoWith a standard connector one can have standardised power bricks too, which may eventually lead to no need for power bricks at all.
- Turing_Machine 7y agoBut we already have that. The power brick almost always has a USB connector on it nowadays (even with Apple), and it didn't require setting up a perpetual committee of bureaucrats to feed at the public trough.
- andylynch 7y agoAs others have noted, this was in large part due to the European Commission’s common external power supply initiative back in 2009, and similar standards in Asia.
- Turing_Machine 7y agoOthers may have "noted" that, but it doesn't make it true. In fact, the EU common external power supply does NOT require a USB connection on the power brick. It be hardwired ("captive", in their terminology).