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That doesn't really answer the question, though. Is the USB-C connector going to be the best connector for everything on into the future? What about mag-safe-
by jmull 4y ago
That doesn't really answer the question, though.
Is the USB-C connector going to be the best connector for everything on into the future?
What about mag-safe-like connectors? Wireless? Something you and I can't even think of right now?
Introducing such a connector won't be an engineering challenge so much as a political one. The barriers and cost will be much higher, and quite possibly insurmountable from a practical perspective.
- amelius 4y agoYou can say the same thing about wall sockets. At some point you have to make a choice. And you can always add another type of plug next to the existing one. <- this answers your question
- jen20 4y agoThe EU has not done this with wall sockets though. And the idea of just installing two is particularly beclowning.
- amelius 4y ago> The EU has not done this with wall sockets though. Because Apple doesn't make entire homes, I guess. > And the idea of just installing two is particularly beclowning. Why? A connector does not consume a significant amount of resources.
- int_19h 4y agoInvidivual countries that constitute the EU today have standardized wall sockets long before EU was a thing. It's unfortunate that they ended up using somewhat different plugs, and if EU existed already when that standardization happened, it would probably have been a single plug instead, as with USB-C.
- jen20 4y agoItaly and Switzerland and France all have multiple variants in common use - all of which are worse than the British standard.