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> I really dislike the idea that EU regulators would know what's better for consumers than consumer electronics companies and the consumers themselves What pro
by have_faith 4y ago
> I really dislike the idea that EU regulators would know what's better for consumers than consumer electronics companies and the consumers themselves
What proportion of phone consumers have an informed opinion on charging technology? Why would the electronics companies work in a way that benefits everyone/the environment instead of themselves.
> I guess you could make that argument for a lot of things
We do, we have standards for a ridiculous amount of things no one ever thinks about.
> There would be benefits if there was only one mobile operating system or if all mobiles used the same interchangeable batterie
Standardising the operating system would create a monopoly and have no obvious society wide benefits. Whereas cables can be made by anyone competent. It would be more prudent to mandate user replacable batteries before thinking about if such a specific battery standard could feasibly work. Something you can probably make a good argument for.
- lotsofpulp 4y ago> Whereas cables can be made by anyone competent. Like the myriad businesses already making lightning cables?
- saurik 4y agoThat point maybe sounds smart, but doesn't actually make any sense to have added, as I can respond with "yes!!" and it doesn't contradict anything about the argument you are ostensibly trying to undermine. That (importantly) said, the new statement isn't even a true thing to be trying to note anyway in this context: unlike USB-C, which is an industry standard, Apple owns lightning and so if one were to imagine forcing the world to standardize on it it would actually CREATE a monopoly.
- lotsofpulp 4y agoI misinterpreted the comment I responded to and had the reasoning backwards.
- Xelynega 4y agoI think it was pretty obvious from context clues that they were talking about USB since it's standardized. If lightning were standardized then other companies would be able to produce the cables. I don't see what your point is.
- lotsofpulp 4y agoI misunderstood the line of reasoning for the person I responded to. I originally interpreted it as standardization allows others to make the cables.