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EU Proposes New Legislation That Would Force Apple to Bring USB-C to iPhones, iPads, and AirPods
Apple has shifted nearly every portable device to tout a USB-C port, except for its iPhone lineup, its AirPods family, and low-cost iPad. Why the company does not shift to an all-USB-C affair might have to do with receiving royalty payments from partners that manufacture third-party accessories of the proprietary port, but that arrangement might come to an end, thanks to a legislation from the EU.
The proposed legislation would force all consumer electronics, not just Apple, which sell devices in Europe, to incorporate USB-C ports in a variety of products, ranging from smartphones, tablets, headphones, cameras, portable speakers, handheld consoles, and others. Calling it the 'common port,' the European Union claims that switching all products to USB-C would not just have benefits to the environment, but annual monetary savings for consumers that mount to $293 million.
Impact assessment study on common chargers of portable devices
Also at Reuters, NYT, BBC, AppleInsider, and Politico.
Previously: The Dream Of A Common Charger Is Alive, Despite Apple's Complaining
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 23 2021, @08:08PM (8 children)
Not needed. Hundreds of millions of Americans use these outlets every single day, how many are getting fried from them? The way they are now is working just fine. Like our combined hot-and-cold water taps. You british seem to think your water would be poisoned if you combine the hot and cold water into the same tap, but the rest of the world is getting along just fine with combined taps.
(Score: 3, Informative) by DannyB on Thursday September 23 2021, @08:47PM (7 children)
I am not British. Americans might be less uptight if they watched Benny Hill at high school age.
A few years back, I learned why the British are afraid of mixing hot and cold taps. There was an actual concern, at one time, which is no longer a concern. I don't remember exactly, and I'm sure you could google it. [totalsoftwater.com] But IIRC, it was something like the hot water heater had standing water, or something like that, and it could get bacteria. That was long ago. Cold water was safe for drinking and cooking. But hot was only for bathing. From what I remember, it is no longer a concern. Yet the behavior persists. Anyone with more detailed (or accurate) knowledge feel free to correct what I wrote.
If you think a fertilized egg is a child but an immigrant child is not, please don't pretend your concerns are religious
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 23 2021, @09:46PM (2 children)
You still haven't quantified your "big issue", jackass. Still waiting.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 23 2021, @10:45PM
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 24 2021, @12:30AM
Think of the children?
(Score: 5, Informative) by MostCynical on Thursday September 23 2021, @09:50PM (3 children)
in the UK and in Australia, hot water was often stored in a non-pressurized cistern in the roof, and hot water was only gravity fed to the taps in the house.
The plumbing standards said no mixing taps, as the pressurized mains could flow into the hot system (backwards) and because the 'still' water could flow back into the mains.
Either way there were problems - cisterns could grow mould, but the pipes on the 'cold' side could also corrode from the hot water, or you could have no warm water in your 'hot' pipes from the pressurized cold water flowing through your hot pipes (no one likes a cold shower)
Easier and safer to make them separate until they join at the tap - so you need two open taps and a blocked outlet/faucet/shower rose to cause cross-flow.
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 24 2021, @12:20AM (2 children)
Easy solution: clean the pipes regularly.
(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Friday September 24 2021, @04:35AM (1 child)
doesn't help the pressure side preventing/blocking warm water flow..
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 24 2021, @03:32PM
I suggest a gentle back and forth action. Females seem to be able to master it by about 19.