> Before USB-C, EU had already standardized Micro-USB for phones. No it hadn’t. The standard you’re referencing is simply an agreement between manufacturers, a

> Before USB-C, EU had already standardized Micro-USB for phones. No it hadn’t. The standard you’re referencing is simply an agreement between manufacturers, and was organised by independent standards organisations. It was not a regulation, and had nothing to do with the EU government. Next year an actual regulation will come into effect, with the force of law, that will explicitly prohibit the forms of innovation and self-organisation that led to those industry bodies coming to that agreement in the first place.