Comment by nvahalik
3 years ago
> Joswiak also claimed that the proprietary Lightning cable and the USB-C cable would not exist if Apple had agreed to the EU original demand of using the older Micro USB charging cable which had poor reliability and could easily be damaged.
So... what happens when USB-C no longer makes sense anymore? Will they have to keep using it no matter what? Wait for the law to change?
> So... what happens when USB-C no longer makes sense anymore? Will they have to keep using it no matter what? Wait for the law to change?
According to the amended Directive, the EU Commission should review it every few years and if I remember correctly the law gives the Commission delegated authority to change the annex for the law, where USB-C and USB-PD are specified. Meaning, when the industry want’s to change it, the industry, presumably the USB Implementor’s Forum, needs to go with their proposal for a better alternative to the EU Commission. Which is not unreasonable, I think.
Look at all the defenders of Lightning despite it not being able to handle USB 3, or even HDMI video such that Lightning to HDMI adapters have a processor to decode compressed video to HDMI. Lack of innovation hasn't mattered there. I don't expect many people to care for anymore innovation in a phone port.
Samsung's recently released Galaxy Z Flip4 still has a USB 2 port. Even Apple's new iPad does the same.
USB-C will make sense forever now. Nobody will develop something else. That's not necessarily a bad thing, it is what it is.
USB-C might very well be the last wired connection standard, but I expect a port free iPhone within 10 years that charges via induction and has some way to do some data transfer by that as well.
Right, and they might switch the law to allow that at some point.
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Eh, that's the wrong take about the guys statement.
The actual take should've been [Citation Needed].