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I'm all for stopping Apple,Sony, or other nasty megacorps from including deliberately 'unique' cables that cost a fortune to replace -- but when the bureaucrats
by ospzfmbbzr 4y ago
I'm all for stopping Apple,Sony, or other nasty megacorps from including deliberately 'unique' cables that cost a fortune to replace -- but when the bureaucrats get involved in anything, particularily technology, it frequently ends up being a disaster. This is for a few reasons not the least of which is that the types who are in government are not the types who can make anything useful let alone novel. Even worse the types who influence government are also mostly useless except for their ability to influence government.
- lesuorac 4y agoAnd that's why the EU in 2009 got all the companies to agree to make a common charger [1]. However, then the companies didn't so that left the Gov 2 choices: Ignore the idea of a common charger or force a common charger. [1]: https://www.macrumors.com/guide/eu-charging-standard-proposals-and-apple/ https://www.macrumors.com/guide/eu-charging-standard-proposa...
- ryathal 4y agoEvery useful technology has some level of Bureaucratic regulations attached to it. there are very few exceptions and they don't hurt any sort of growth or innovation. Cars, planes, electric outlets, the internet, radio, television, railways, and more are all regulated to some degree. There are as many examples of regulations driving innovation as there are limiting it.