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by ocdtrekkie
3925 days ago
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That bears the question of whether or not the law will select the right standard, or be able to change it when practical. For instance, with USB Type-C coming out, with EU law be permissive of this transition? Or will the EU requirement adapt to allowing Micro-USB and Type-C for a while, and then eventually mandate Type-C? |
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The way the EU's "common external power supply" standard was implemented allowed the manufacturers to pick the standard themselves.
Essentially the EU put a gun to manufacturer's heads, and said "pick a common standard together, or we will!" And they did. So the EU never picked micro-USB, the manufacturers did.
Additionally the original memorandum of understanding has since expired (2012) but it has been deemed a "success" as all major mobile phone manufacturers continue to utilise micro-USB.
So there's no specific reason why USB-C cannot become the new normal. And it seems manufacturers have actually become used to the status quo of having a common standard (except Apple of course).
I don't think you'd see the EU get involved if all of them together moved to USB-C (from micro-USB), they would only get involved if they started to developer proprietary ports again, or all had different incompatible ports/chargers.
Now they just need to do laptops...