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The law doesn't define the protocol. Apple could introduce USB-D as superior standard provided it is not proprietary. If this is a superior standard, other com
by oxfordmale 7y ago
The law doesn't define the protocol. Apple could introduce USB-D as superior standard provided it is not proprietary. If this is a superior standard, other companies will adapt it too, becoming the new standard charger.
- microtherion 7y agoI believe you are mistaken. The EU resolution calls for the development of "a common standard" (to be updated from time to time): https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/RC-9-2020-0070_EN.html https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/RC-9-2020-0070... Implementing a different standard, even if it is non-proprietary, won't do.
- tripzilch 7y agoThey call on the industry to agree on a common standard. 15 years ago. They explicitly do not mandate the protocol.