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by ArnoVW 989 days ago
Not to be that guy, but there was the intervention of the EU to force phone makers to use USB...
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taneq 989 days ago
No, you be that guy. As many gripes as I have with USB, the EU forcing all phone manufacturers to use a common charging standard was huge. This is the kind of thing where government action really can improve on a Nash equilibrium.
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JamisonM 988 days ago
Right, but that is entirely unrelated to USB working -- the regulation exists long after USB had proven itself.. because it had proven itself.
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