AnnualZebra t1_itnsnof wrote on October 25, 2022 at 12:25 AM

Man the stupidest laws I hear are from EU jesus…

Serpa45 t1_itplr4w wrote on October 25, 2022 at 11:45 AM

wtf!!!

stupidest laws come fron the USA

The_Countess t1_itpqta2 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 12:33 PM

As we generally keep Jesus and the like out of our politics, the stupidest laws don't come from the EU.

And this law is actually pretty good. pro consumer, standardization, allows for extensions (it just dictates a minimum) and allows for future port changes if the entire industry can agree on a new standard (basically if the USB-IF creates a new plug for these use cases that becomes the new standard).

AnnualZebra t1_itr0hrw wrote on October 25, 2022 at 5:47 PM

Who decides what the consumer wants, the consumer, the market decides, governments always likes to overreach their power just to make a point and for bureaucracy's sake, all this red tape for nothing....

The_Countess t1_its800k wrote on October 25, 2022 at 10:32 PM

>the consumer, the market decides

Those 2 don't always agree. What consumer want and what some companies can get away with doesn't always align.

And here the market still decides, through the USB-IF, the only difference now is that it doesn't allow any hold-outs clinging to a old, slow and anti-consumer connectors.

And where exactly is the red tap?

You seem to have a idea stuck in your head that doesn't align with reality here.