European Union officially publishes regulations making USB-C ports mandatory

[noxibox]

We're still going to need a variety of cables for several more years at least. I'm perfectly happy with lightning though. It's served me well and none of them has ever broken or failed in any other way.

So far USB-C just means having to have yet another type of cable around and eventually it will mean throwing away perfectly functional charging cables. If USB-A disappears it will also mean tossing out piles of chargers.

The worst case scenario would be being forced into using wireless charging. Unless someone can figure out a way to make it as efficient as using a cable.

If these cable standards are going to be like mains plugs though then we're going to have many of them.

Not as easy when you're in a walled garden.

Which is every operating system. Unless you want to run emulators or something similar to get your software to work.

 

[backstreetboy]

Which is every operating system. Unless you want to run emulators or something similar to get your software to work.

Not linux and with Android I can run third party app stores or sideload any app and pay the dev directly.

 

[Dolby]

So far USB-C just means having to have yet another type of cable around and eventually it will mean throwing away perfectly functional charging cables. If USB-A disappears it will also mean tossing out piles of chargers.

Most people have it the other way - they have a USB C for everything and the Lightning is the black sheep that needs a separate cable.

The worst case scenario would be being forced into using wireless charging. Unless someone can figure out a way to make it as efficient as using a cable.

Unsure why Apple hasn't followed - but a number of the Android flagships are far higher than Apple. Even with efficiency concerns of wireless, they're probably as close to the Apple wired (or faster).

 

[Mekon]

This my be an unpopular opinion but I am not in favor of governments dictating design/tech choices to private companies.

IMO if you don't like the port, don't buy the phone. I get that this is about e-waste. I am just worried that moves like these could stifle innovation in the long run.

Stifle innovation? They are charging cables not fusion reactors.
Apple designs are rubbish, anyway.