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USB-C charging ports become standard across EU Saturday (timesofmalta.com)

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All mobile phones, tablets, earphones and a wide range of other portable consumer electronics will need to be sold with USB-C charging ports from Saturday, the EU has announced.

First introduced around a decade ago, USB-C charging ports are reversible and capable of accelerated data transfer and charging speeds, the latter known as 'fast charging’.

In a statement on Friday, the European Parliament said that as of the following day, all such devices sold in the EU must have a USB-C charging port, with laptops set to follow suit in late April 2026.

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 4 months ago (12 children)

Having a unified standard is simply better than allowing every hardware company to exploit their customers by making them buy their chargers, while increasing the amount of different chargers they need.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (10 children)

Hasn't Apple maintained their standard longer, and therefore has more chargers likely already available to those that have chosen their ecosystem? It's not their fault the others didn't adopt their standard either.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Lmao you can't actually make lightning chargers, they are proprietary. Apple wouldn't want to use the same charger everyone else uses(and manufactures), as that would hurt their bottom line. So it is ABSOLUTELY their fault others didn't adopt their standard, and lightning is shit anyway.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Good job! I got pwned!

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