Comment by falcolas
3 years ago
All I expect out of a USB-C cord shipped by apple with my phone is the ability to charge (which is what I get with an iPad, which uses USB-C). I'd love to expect more, but a Thunderbolt cable is stupidly expensive and not worth including by default.
Standardization around the markings and marketing for USB-C cables would be f'ing awesome. But I'll take this win regardless.
It’s not Apple that you have to worry about not supporting the full spec - they already do with USB C iPads.
It’s the Android manufacturers and your local convenience store. Meaning it is still “contributing to ewaste” when you can’t use your old USB C cords to get all of the functionality that is part of the USB C spec.
This is yet another example of EU regulators not thinking through their proposals — see also the GDPR whose only consequence is a bunch of cookie pop ups.
> see also the GDPR whose only consequence is a bunch of cookie pop ups.
well that's just wrong.
So exactly what did it accomplish? Did it affect Facebook or Google at all or any adTech company?
When ATT was implemented by Apple, many ad tech companies announced it impacted them. You didn’t hear a whisper after the GDPR. Websites just started putting up annoying cookie banners and life continued.
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I'm sorry, but I don't see how we can lay the blame for corporations cutting corners on completely unrelated legislation.
I get that there can be unintended consequences with passed legislation, but these seem too disconnected to be relevant. As in, there have been substandard USB-C cables since USB-C first came out.
The existence of those cables can't be laid at the feet of requiring Apple to use USB-C on the one remaining device they offer which doesn't use USB-C.
> I'm sorry, but I don't see how we can lay the blame for corporations cutting corners on completely unrelated legislation.
You mean the same legislation that can enforce USB C can’t enforce a minimum standard for USB C:
- must support USB 3 speeds
- must support video over USB and a certain minimum standard (this is a standard)
- etc?
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