They are telling the industry to choose one common connector, and to standardize around it....
They are not dictating which one.... and that the one they choose has to be set in stone (i.e. never change)
De facto it is going to probably be USB-C, and I think it is a good move....
If years down the road, there is a new connector called USB-D (or whatever it is called), they can switch to it.... Also, this is for charging, and not data..., so it shouldn't hamper adoption of new data transport protocols.
But if it's law to use the standard connector than how do you use a different (lets say newer) connection if the law says to use the standard connector.
There's a bit of a chicken and egg problem. Somebody is going to have to build a device with a connector that isn't standard at some point to make progress.
It only means that device makers will have to agree on a new standard before they can drop the previous one. I agree that it will slow down things, but there is no chicken and egg problem.
And what if they can't agree? Maybe apple make a device so thin that even USB-C won't fit and other manufacturers explicitly decide to hobble them by not supporting a thinner connector.
This law would be great for anti-competitive practices. Lowest common denominator wins by default.
They are not dictating which one.... and that the one they choose has to be set in stone (i.e. never change)
De facto it is going to probably be USB-C, and I think it is a good move....
If years down the road, there is a new connector called USB-D (or whatever it is called), they can switch to it.... Also, this is for charging, and not data..., so it shouldn't hamper adoption of new data transport protocols.