Phones can stay with USB like the vast majority were already using. I'm referring to laptops, where a 20V barrel plug was already a de-facto standard, and other devices that have no business being anywhere near USB.
everyone except a single stubborn, different-thinking company
...and if the only purpose of this law was to go after one company (which I personally don't agree with the decisions of, but this is the wrong way to do it), that reflects even worse on the bureaucracy.
> Phones can stay with USB like the vast majority were already using.
You are forgetting that the stance of EU was known for more than a decade, if not two, at this point so when you say "were already using" you are actually saying "they were aware that this day would come so the majority agreed on using USB".
> I'm referring to laptops, where a 20V barrel plug was already a de-facto standard
What do you mean by standard? These connectors come in various sizes and pin configurations, there is no standard to speak of. I don't think that I've ever seen laptops of different manufacturers to be able to use the same charger.
What do you mean by standard? These connectors come in various sizes and pin configurations, there is no standard to speak of.
There's only a small number of them, easily convertible with a passive adapter; but some of the ones with an ID chip do need to go away, preferably replaced by resistor-sensing for higher power outputs.
I don't think that I've ever seen laptops of different manufacturers to be able to use the same charger.
The actual manufacturers are Compal, Inventec, Pegatron, Wistron, etc. and they can definitely use the same charger.
The point I'm making is there was already a convergence towards a simple de-facto standard for laptops, one that has been in existence for over 2 decades. Yet the EU decided to force them to change to the most complex standard, with far more fragile connectors.
Another example: Shokz had to switch from their magnetic connector to USB-C for the OpenRun bone conduction headphones. I think it makes no sense given the small size of their device and it makes it less durable (there is a small cap to protect the USB-C from water, which is easily broken) and probably one reason they don't market it as IP68 anymore.
everyone except a single stubborn, different-thinking company
...and if the only purpose of this law was to go after one company (which I personally don't agree with the decisions of, but this is the wrong way to do it), that reflects even worse on the bureaucracy.