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by alligatorplum 1472 days ago
I am still on the fence on this. On one hand this is a good pro consumer move while also being environmentally friendly but this will likely hinder innovation in the field. If a new way charger standard was found which was a fraction of the cost of USBC and double the speed, the fact that companies would be forced to still use USBC is tough.

I also found this tidbit pretty funny.

> The legislation has been under development for more than a decade, but an agreement on its scope was reached this morning following negotiations between different EU bodies.

> The EU denies this will be the case, and says it will update the legislation as new technology is developed. > “Don’t think we’re setting something in stone for the next 10 years,” said Breton at the press conference.