Here's what I want the EU to do about cables:
Before you can sell a device that comes with a cable of any kind, you have to answer the question "what does the user have to do if they lose this cable?"

"they're screwed" and "they'll have to buy another from us" are not acceptable answers, and those products can't be sold. Get a better answer or use a different cable.

@foone @foone As someone who owns a device that has a USB interface that uses a damned s-video connector as a device jack, I 100% support this.
@Stormgren that's way worse than my "VGA over mini-USB" worst cable
@foone Yeah, it is a radio shack weather radio that sent SAME messages over USB HID. I still have the radio. No idea where the cable is.