And proprietary chargers, particularly multiple revisions within a single product line, pollute the actual ecosystem. Regulation at the EU level - outside of t

And proprietary chargers, particularly multiple revisions within a single product line, pollute the actual ecosystem. Regulation at the EU level - outside of their moral crusade regarding e2e encryption - tends to be more about combatting planned obsolescence and promoting CSR at the expense of an increased BOM. These are symptoms of the actual problem with US based MNCs which lies with at the US Federal level, characterised by rabid lobbying for deregulation and genuflecting at the altar of fiduciary responsibility to shareholders.