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Instead of mandating the standard to be used, they should've mandated that phone vendors agree on one standard, with a revision every x years or so.
by selfmodruntime 3y ago
Instead of mandating the standard to be used, they should've mandated that phone vendors agree on one standard, with a revision every x years or so.
- crote 3y agoLuckily, that is exactly what happened! The law explicitly states that it will be reviewed every few years to determine whether USB-C is still the best choice.
- nickpp 3y agoAnd why would a better choice magically appear though when it’s illegal to put it on the market to let it prove itself? Why would anybody who is actually innovative pay to research and risk such a better choice in the first place? To wait for its review in a few years?!
- heavyset_go 3y agoThis is indeed what literally happens in tons of sectors where standards are adopted or mandated by law.
- mrguyorama 3y agoIt's insane how entitled tech companies are. They see perfectly normal and useful for the consumer standardization as oppression.
- maigret 3y agoSounds like you describe how aviation and other critical tech work. Every single piece has to be checked and validated by the administration, and yet planes keep flying.
- AdamN 3y agoThe ideal is two or maybe even three standards. Having one means that upgrading to any new standard would never actually be possible.