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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] 27 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Fuck Apple and their "standards"
Fuck apple shills
Fuck American mentality about "government shouldn't set standards"

That's all.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Fuck ever releasing a new standard to supercede usb-c because now that it's enshrined in law you'd have to overcome a mountain of beurocracy to do so

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You know what I love about Apple?

It’s really easy to give exact instructions on how to do things to the less tech savvy because they have so few variations in their product line.

That’s it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Well, at least until they have a new iOS release and move everything in the settings around again.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago

Well, they change things more on major releases. Unlike Microsoft……