To: Cronos
I certainly appreciate being able to use the same charger with multiple devices, but I guess I have a problem with bureaucrats mandating a standard. Such an approach typically stymies innovation. Why not just let the free market work this out?
To: irishjuggler
Because the free market saud USB and Apple said “yeah but we can charge 5x as much for lightning cables and ports and the fanboys will pay.”
I had FireWire drives that spanked USB so for performance reasons yes choice is good but for charging your car or phone, you really don’t get any benefit from vendor lock-in.
I know someone with a Tesla who has 12 different apps for forecourt and car park charging, all expect some minimum credit or top-up so she’s got maybe 500 dollars spread across all the apps.
Our neighbor has a phev with bog standard charging and they have one app. And a standard charger at home.
5 posted on
10/05/2022 12:14:04 AM PDT by
MalPearce
("You see, but you do not observe". https://www.thefabulous.co/s/2uHEJdj)
To: irishjuggler
The “social market economy” hates the free market, that’s why.
9 posted on
10/05/2022 1:00:57 AM PDT by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: irishjuggler
True,the free market worked with VCR vs Betamax and DVD vs Blue Ray
11 posted on
10/05/2022 2:33:17 AM PDT by
Cronos
To: irishjuggler
Living in Europe for the past 20-odd years....I have a box of 15-odd charger cables, for all the various electronic items I’ve bought. I’m not whining about the EU mandate...this should have been done a decade ago. If they hadn’t mandated it...I would have added another five or six by 2030.
To: irishjuggler
Spot on, Irishjuggler. I was going to say the same thing, but probably less eloquently.
21 posted on
10/05/2022 3:16:43 AM PDT by
gitmo
(If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
To: irishjuggler
Because no Deep State on the planet likes free markets.
34 posted on
10/05/2022 5:15:31 AM PDT by
mewzilla
(We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
To: irishjuggler
“Why not just let the free market work this out?”
It’s the EU, and it’s what you get under socialist rule. Of course, we’re close to being under it here in the U.S. as well.
39 posted on
10/05/2022 5:36:11 AM PDT by
Sicon
("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
To: irishjuggler
The Free market died in the 20th century.
40 posted on
10/05/2022 5:43:59 AM PDT by
nwrep
To: irishjuggler
Why not just let the free market work this out? Two reasons:
1. Governments don't give a rats ass about free markets;
2. Consumers are too stupid to go to Amazon or a plethora of other places and find cheap adapters so they can in fact use a single charger, if they so choose to.
The above, and Governments believe people need to see them "doing something" to make their lives easier, all other issues be damned.
It's so stupid, and yet, that's why.
43 posted on
10/05/2022 6:14:52 AM PDT by
usconservative
(When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
To: irishjuggler
You are correct in that it will be more convenient in the short term but it will definitely stifle innovation in the long term.
Manufacturers will not be motivated to improve the charging capability of their phones because they are now forced to maintain this USB-C standard.
Europeans will be using this ten years from now even if new technologies will enable charging a phone in the fraction of the time it takes today.
Below is the iPhone charger for the first generation iPhone. Imagine trying to use that today to charge your iPhone 14?
In fact, an iPhone 14 might not be possible if we still had to rely on that older charging technology.
50 posted on
10/05/2022 7:48:06 AM PDT by
SamAdams76
(4,141,741 active user on Truth Social)
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