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by blue_light_man 1360 days ago
You don't even know what else could have happened if there was no standardization. Maybe the industry must have progressed without the need of outlets in the first place.
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Yeah, we would definitely use nuclear mini-reactors in our vacuum cleaners otherwise, if only it wasn’t for the damn EU!

These are very well understood areas, there is only so many ways you can transport electricity. Also, there is nothing stopping innovation “after” the plug. It’s like saying that HTTP somehow stifles innovation.

HTTPS is a technology choosen by the free market. Bad example.
> You don't even know what else could have happened if there was no standardization.

Yes, I do. There would be no standard.

> Maybe the industry must have progressed without the need of outlets in the first place.

Wireless electricity? Maybe, maybe not. 99.999999% probability for the latter, though.