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So what specific kind of USB-C cable will be allowed to be packed with my next shiny for the decades to come? What kind of USB-PD will the phone be allowed to s
by ashildr 7y ago
So what specific kind of USB-C cable will be allowed to be packed with my next shiny for the decades to come? What kind of USB-PD will the phone be allowed to support and - if the phone supports a higher voltage/amperage combination than the EU fixed in 2020 - will I have to buy an additional cable to support this?
How did we ever switch from SCART to HDMI after the EU forced the TV manufacturers to only support SCART in 1996?
Oh, it didn’t.
This is complete and utter nonsense. Apple’s powerplugs for iPhone/iPad only ever came with USB-A - or now with USB-C. They thankfully switched their lightning port before USB-C was even published, when everybody was still selling broken micro-USB or barrel connectors. There are many problems to solve, but Lightning isn’t one.
- monocasa 7y agoThey had no problem allowing USB-C quickly, why would the next one be different?
- judge2020 7y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22204605 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22204605
- monocasa 7y agoThe rule was in place ten years ago. That's why every other manufacturer ships USB now, and even Apple puts USB on one side of their charger cord in malicious compliance.
- samatman 7y agoiPhones have charged via USB since the first model.
- mokus 7y agoAnd iPods as well since they switched from FireWire, another open standard.
- djannzjkzxn 7y agoI’ve been using lightning happily since my non-Apple devices were coming with broken micro USB cables. As a consumer I’ve been very happy with this. There’s nothing malicious about it.
- nojvek 7y agoMacs come with usb-c. Why can’t iPhones be also usb-c? I’m not sure I fully understand why everything in the world can’t be usb-c?
- fastbeef 7y agoThe iPad pros are USB-C only, so I think it’s just a matter of time
- vineyardmike 7y agoBecause not everything should be USBC, and not everything needs to be USBC. USB C won’t be the standard forever, and it’s a standard that takes many forms and has caused lots of confusion, so it’s not exactly the gold standard. USB C isn’t forever, eventually USB D will come around, and what’ll happen? The EU and their (often targeted anti-American-tech) laws will hold phones back, or leave themselves out of the market.
- visarga 7y agoEU isn't legislating USB-C, it's demanding that the industry standards body have a common standard for charging, and continue to develop it as a common standard. The manufacturers are going to be collaborating on the specs. It will be like TCP/IP, DNS, UTF and many other things.
- freepor 7y agoBut why does the EU bureaucracy know that charging ports cannot be an important part of product differentiation? I would hope they wouldn’t legislate a common screen size or a common operating system... why legislate a common charging port? I STRONGLY prefer Lightning and would hope that people who prefer Lightning like me can buy Apple and people who prefer USB-C can buy Android.
- nindalf 7y agoGiven a choice between having one or two charger for both phone and laptop, you'd prefer having 2?