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[–] MooseBoys -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

the assumption laws cannot be changed

Laws can be changed but it’s extremely challenging to do so. Any new competing standard is going to inevitably be driven by one company that stands to gain the most from it. And no lawmaker is going to expand the law to allow USB-C or this new interconnect without a huge amount of “lobbying” by that company.

Laws like this are why you can’t buy a plane ticket with your real name if your first name is “Mran” (FAA mandated protocols interpret it as “Mr. An”) and why digital check images are still sent using one of the most inefficient image formats in existence (some idiotic lawmaker decided it would be a good idea to make sure the images could be “digitally shred”). When technical standards are enshrined in law, they tend to stay that way forever.

USB-C solves all problems that a port can solve

I’m not sure if you’re being sarcastic or are really just that naive. I’ve heard people say the same thing about USB-A, mini-USB, micro-USB, firewire, DVI, mDP, and HDMI. And look where we are now.

A wireless standard

The law doesn’t impede wireless advancements. It just says that if it has a port, it must be USB-C.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
  1. Laws and regulations being slow to change is a problem, true. However, this doesn't mean that we shouldn't make laws and regulations. Your criticisms should be directed at the slowness of the system and propose ways on how to improve its speed. Scrapping the entire system "cuz it is slow" is kinda dumb.

  2. About USB C being the best wired standard out there, I was not sarcastic. People have said many things. I did not say that USB A/HDMI blah blah blah are the best standards. I said the USB-C is the best wired standard that we've got. If u believe that there is a better standard in picture, could you please point it out?

  3. I was not aware that the EU regulations do not involve wireless standards. Which proves my point even further. This law is the EU recognising that the best wired standard of today and the next decade at least is USB-C. Again, if u believe that there is an emerging standard better than USB-C, please drop a link to it. The EU recognizes that we haven't hit a limit in the wireless standard innovation. Hence, they haven't imposed these laws on them.