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> Are you old enough to remember the early 2000s when every […] One does not have to be that old enough. Look no further than personal care and small home app
by inkyoto 4y ago
> Are you old enough to remember the early 2000s when every […]
One does not have to be that old enough.
Look no further than personal care and small home appliances (electric shavers – yes, Braun, I am looking at you; electric toothbrushes – and you, too, Philips! As well as household and kitchen appliances) the vast majority of which still come with incompatible proprietary chargers that are so hard, expensive or inconvenient (usually all of the above) to procure to replace that the entire gadget oftentimes gets disposed of because of the failed charger.
Governments ought to crack down on those ones as well, and crack down real, real hard.
- JacobiX 4y agoIt would be nice if those same EU regulations where applied to all industries and not some specifically designated ones. For example my German Braun Shaver Charger will not be impacted by this regulation ...
- enriquec 4y agothe total idiocy of adopting usb-c for a shaver charger... what a waste that would be.
- fy20 4y agoWhy? I got a new shaver recently and it has a 5V 1A charger. The old one had a 5V 0.5A charger. A common interface would make perfect sense, and the power range is within what the USB standard can provide.
- bentinney 4y agoI bought an electric xiaomi shaver about two years ago and it is only chargeable via USB-C. It works great for long term travel!