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Comment by hot_gril

3 years ago

This effectively decides that USB-C is the final iteration of phone connectors. Nobody is going to invest in making a new one. Maybe there wasn't much room left for innovation anyway; Apple has been showing for a while that they prefer the lock-in.

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adam_arthur  3 years ago

Not true at all.

If USB-C hits hard limitations, vendors will come together to create a new spec. The EU law has provisions to reassess the standard every few years.

There are already many specs such as web standards that are critical to society and collaborated on by many vendors.

  • hot_gril  3 years ago

    It took the industry years to get their act together and leave micro-USB behind, and that was without the replacement being illegal. Maybe Lightning even gave them a reason to look for something better. With other standards, there's at least competition, and adopting a better one can be a selling point.