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They aren't designing anything, they mandate an overall requirement - "You must all use the same charge port". This is no different than any other customer - t
by DannyBee 4y ago
They aren't designing anything, they mandate an overall requirement - "You must all use the same charge port".
This is no different than any other customer - they are just representing the overall customers who would otherwise not have enough power or voice to achieve what they want.
Also - if you don't want your industry regulated, maybe don't make a mess of it?
Regulators rarely pay attention to things that are working super-well.
- scarface74 4y agoIf this had gone through the first time, we would have all been stuck with micro usb. Customers can choose to buy Android phones.
- DannyBee 4y agoNo, acutally, you would not have. You would have been stuck with a standard until they changed the standard. Which ... you are in the same boat now? Beyond that, this is the magical free market will fix everything. Despite all evidence to the contrary.
- scarface74 4y agoSo now we would have to wait years for lawmakers to approve the new standard? Yes, you are very free to choose an Android phone with USB-C if that’s what you want - just like over 65% of the EU does.
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- DannyBee 4y agoNo, actually, you wouldn't. As has been explained many times in this thread, that isn't how this kind of regulation works. I do understand that doesn't fit your narrative though. Rather than making lots of unfounded assertions about what "will" happen, as you keep doing, I would encourage you to actually read the details first.
- scarface74 4y agoSay I as a manufacturer have a new better connection than USB-C. How do I release my new connection without getting the entire industries buy in? If this had happened with computers, Apple would have been forced to include PS/2 slots and ISA instead of the much better ADB and Nubus slots.
- zaarn 4y agoYou release the product with both ports. And then you tell the EU that you'd like your port to be approved as valid alternative. You'll probably have to explain why your connector is better as well as show that consumers won't suffer the cable problem due to the new port (ie, people won't have to buy adapters or chargers just for your device). Then the EU is probably happy to add your port to the directive (which as the directive explains, is a very lightweight process, it doesn't require relegislating anything), possibly even give other vendors a timeline to switch to it if USB-C is to be deprecated. Of course, you're likely going to have to license patents are low prices or risk the EU getting angry over exploitation of the market. Possibly even hand out patents for free and only charge a minor fee for the connector trademarks (like current USB).
- ubermonkey 4y ago"You release the product with both ports." This requirement kills the new port in its crib.
- zaarn 4y agoIt's that or adapters. Adapters might be more acceptable as interim solution for products where that matters. I was more thinking of application like Laptops, where you can have multiple different ports already without issue.
- scarface74 4y agoEverything you are saying is making the product worse. You realize that laptops are a lot bigger phones?
- diffeomorphism 4y agoThey did and we haven't.