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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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[–] manualoverride 13 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (9 children)

Here is your new device with a USB-C port*

only compatible with the specific cable provided in the box

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago (5 children)

i see people complain about this constantly yet i have never heard anyone irl complain about it, i'm starting to believe you're all literally just making it the fuck up

[–] donuts 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I'm pretty sure people are just reading what they want to read. The actual box will say something like "please only use the cable provided", and this makes sense because that's the only cable they have tested to be safe.

It's just a simple phrase to make sure that when some idiot uses three different converters on six cord extensions, he can't sue the company when his house is on fire.

[–] manualoverride 1 points 3 days ago

No there are some silly proprietary techs which either prevent compatibility or severely limit charging speed. As well as a lot of devices which simply didn’t bother to put any circuitry in and just used the USB-C port as a dumb power connector which only works with their charger and cable. I provided examples in my last message.

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