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USB-C charging ports become standard across EU Saturday (timesofmalta.com)

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All mobile phones, tablets, earphones and a wide range of other portable consumer electronics will need to be sold with USB-C charging ports from Saturday, the EU has announced.

First introduced around a decade ago, USB-C charging ports are reversible and capable of accelerated data transfer and charging speeds, the latter known as 'fast charging’.

In a statement on Friday, the European Parliament said that as of the following day, all such devices sold in the EU must have a USB-C charging port, with laptops set to follow suit in late April 2026.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

but theyre also the one who uses seperate chargers even between their own devices. e.g their laptops tablets were USB-C while their phones beforehand were thunderbolt. There was really no reason to arbitrary keep both alive when the company itself already uses the standard

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (2 children)

iPads have USB-C ports... but only on the chargers, not the devices. (Maybe not the newest models) Like, WTF!? So they're paying to use the standard on the only part of the charging equation people don't really care about. Then using Lightning on the iPad itself...

[–] FordBeeblebrox 2 points 6 days ago

I have a white C to C that came with a phone, and a white C to lightning that came with the headphones. Please just make them all C

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

pros, minis, and modern airs used usb-c, the base ipad was the last to move off it. the fact that the tablet line is split is completely nonsense.

[–] piecat 0 points 6 days ago

Because needs change as technology changes.