OriginalCompetitive t1_ir5mph9 wrote on October 5, 2022 at 2:48 PM

Reply to comment by sterlingback in EU votes to force all phones to use same charger by 2024 by WallStreetDoesntBet

So what? If different charging bricks were required, I could see the advantage of eliminating all that waste. But here it’s literally just an extra dongle on the end of a wire cord. Why make phone manufacturers redesign their charging interface instead of just making cord manufacturers include that extra bit?

I feel like I’m missing something here.

sterlingback t1_ir5yc3s wrote on October 5, 2022 at 4:05 PM

I also feel like you're missing something.

Literally every other company conformed to USB - C, even apple has USB-C on the other end of the cable and on the iPads.

This way you have a standard data/charging plug which is very helpful for everyday logistics, the extra dongle proposition is just absurd. Those are constantly breaking and I guess they have some loss because of it.

OriginalCompetitive t1_ir6wt2z wrote on October 5, 2022 at 7:45 PM

Dongle might be the wrong word, because what I’m talking about can’t really break.

My portable battery comes with a wire. One end of the wire is a standard USB port. The other end of the wire splits into three: one for iPhone, one for standard USB, and one other. Wires like this are available in any gas station and cost may $5-10 bucks.