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> which effectively mandated that all smart phones sold in the EU use micro USB for power The very Wikipedia article you linked to contradicts this statement:
by wdr1 13y ago
> which effectively mandated that all smart phones sold in the EU use micro USB for power
The very Wikipedia article you linked to contradicts this statement: "compliance is voluntary"
- masklinn 13y agoCompliance is voluntary with the underlying threat that 1. the commission would define and impose a standard if manufacturers didn't voluntarily do so, and 2. the EC could use stronger coercion if the MoU was not respected/complied with. If it had been such a good and manufacturer-supported idea, they wouldn't have waited the EC's intervention to suddenly and massively abandon proprietary charging ports.