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EU Regulators To Study Need For Action on Common Mobile Phone Charger (reuters.com)
EU regulators plan to study whether there is a need for action in the push for a common mobile phone charger following a lack of progress by phone makers towards this goal, EU competition chief Margrethe Vestager said. From a report: The European Commission has been pushing for a common charger for nearly a decade as it cited the more than 51,000 tons of electronic waste yearly from old chargers as well as the inconvenience to consumers. iPhone and Android users have long complained about using different chargers for their phones.
Wireless-only charging is fucking idiotic -- you'd need to keep your phone down on the charging plate and not be able to use it while charging. Any phone that only supports wireless charging is crap, waterproof or not.
Waste of electricity broadcasting power, short enough range to be nearly unusable, cannot use the phone while charging, cannot easily charge from a laptop while on the road, another piece of equipment that can get broken or lost and not easily replaced. Wireless is a shitty idea that's less convenient and costs more. No thanks.
I still have more fans than freaks. WTF is wrong with you people?
Troll comment. If not for the EU you would still have to use a different charger + cable for each manufacturer or sometimes even for each model from the same manufacturer. What innovation are you talking about? Changing the shape of a connector and make you pay for it is not innovation. You must have forgotten the times where you would have been fucked if you forgot your charger on vacation. Now you can borrow a charger from 90% of phone users.
sudo rm -r -f --no-preserve-root /
Sorry pal, your real world usage patterns get in the way of our aesthetic principles. We're making the BRAVE and COURAGEOUS design choices necessary to realize a more perfect world. Just deal with it, bro.