On: The War on General Purpose Computing (2015) [video...

[Panzer04]

The issue is we were already down to 3 different plugs - micro-usb, usb-c and lightning. Most android phones are already usb-c, so it's a pretty blatantly targeted measure.

I'm mostly concerned about it locking out the development of new standards that aren't USB, even if that was an unlikely development anyway.

[TeMPOraL → Panzer04]

> Most android phones are already usb-c, so it's a pretty blatantly targeted measure.

That's because, not in spite of the measures taken by the EU, which happened quite a long time ago.