| > There's nothing wise There is, for example the fact that the standard is set by comittee means large players have more say but cannot dictate the market. This allows innovation that doesn't benefit one party. > purely for personal preference and convenience reasons Not the reason behind the move > not for reasons related to safety, or pollution, or security Those are some of the benefits but not all > especially for things that change as fast as phones Connectors are standards, plus phones do not change that often, they get marginally better but most of them have looked largely the same for a decade. > There's a long history of Apple using proprietary connectors to achieve performance specifications above what the currently available standardized connectors could provide Previously there was also a long history of interoperability between Apple designs that no longer exists. And before that there was a long history of Apple being a tiny company constantly on the verge of bankruptcy. Long history is a pretty short time nowadays. > Apple is likely to ditch a charging connection altogether in favor of wireless charging in the near future. I cannot wait to have the slowest charging phone on the market as a selling point. > he EU is mandating technological stagnation. The EU mandating GDPR has increased security protection on data around the globe, and decreased bloatware. A large player like europe setting a standard means that companies follow that legislation to not have 2 products one for Europe and one outside. |