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Re: number 2. What if the current standard sucks and your new attempt as a start up is objectively better? Example: you develop a new connector that has bandw
by timothyduong 3y ago
Re: number 2.
What if the current standard sucks and your new attempt as a start up is objectively better?
Example: you develop a new connector that has bandwidth that is 10x better than the existing, so you can house different parts that would be considered “non-standard”
- Spivak 3y agoYou include the standard port to avoid the tax and let people voluntarily switch to get the benefits. If it's so amazingly good it will eventually become the new standard and you can drop the old port when it becomes uncommon for people to have stuff with only the old port.
- rzl1235 3y ago[dead]
- bzzzt 3y agoYou know you can't just shove an extra port on everything? Besides, you'd have to draw the line somewhere. If every component has to be replaceable and a standard connector lots of (especially) small hardware is impossible to make (think wireless earbuds, smartwatches, fitness trackers) and I don't think you'd get a majority of people that want to return to 2000's style mobile phone bricks.
- RecycledEle 3y ago> I don't think you'd get a majority of people that want to return to 2000's style mobile phone bricks. I love bricks with lots of connectors and replaceable / upgradable parts.
- RecycledEle 3y ago> What if the current standard sucks and your new attempt as a start up is objectively better? I'm sick of new processor socket or generation every year. My old Socket 1366 machine is fine. I want to encourage companies to stick to designs that work and to collaborate on new standards that will be usable for decades. If you have a new processor socket that is that much better, use it and pay the tax.