[robotrout]

Your logic allows me to lock up all hardware in an Applesqe way and get praised for my altruism as I pocket hundreds of millions in extra peripheral sales.

The world has gotten this far with standards that allow equipment from different manufacturers to function together in a system. What a shame if marketing people and greed destroys that ecosystem.

[sumeno]

Hundreds of millions from the sale of Pixel 3 Qi chargers seems wildly optimistic.

[Drdrdrq]

...now. How about in 5 years? Will we still be plugging the wires to our portable devices?

[sigstoat]

yes.

[gsich]

if you want fast charging, yes.

[sumeno]

I certainly hope so.