[dogsgobork]

I'm curious to see what secondary effects this trend of legislative requirements brings about. Once USB-C becomes the de jure standard, what happens when a better option appears? Will it require multiple countries to simultaneously agree to shift to a new standard. Or will nothing new come about because USB-C is seen as good enough and too entrenched?

[rcarr]

People say this all the time but not many people are moaning that their power plug hasn’t evolved in over 100 years or that shipping container sizes haven’t changed. The fact is that for certain things such as this, there should be an ISO standard that is periodically reviewed every five years, as it makes life smoother for everyone.

https://committee.iso.org/sites/tc211/home/resolutions/isotc...

[yen223]

While I get that we are fighting 200 years of inertia, I do still wish that all the nations standardised on a single power plug design.

[NLPaep]

There any countless USB-C evolutions already out there. The plug is the same, but the supported features are not.

[EMIRELADERO]

USB-C is NOT the de jure standard. (At least) the EU law mandates that the working standaed be revised by a commitee formed by most big tech companies every few years or so.

[qualudeheart]

First option.