early_riserMy phone, iPad, and laptop finally all use the same USB-C charger. The galaxy is at peace.
masterspaceThank God for the EU.
If Apple and the Americans had their way, each of those would use a different proprietary connector.
The USB standard was made by Intel and the USB-C port is based on a port designed by Apple…
The EU commision did not decide on USB-C in a vacuum. It looked on already existing stanards and talked to many large electronics manufacturers in order to come to a proposal for USB-C as a universal standard. You are right to point out the role that both Intel and Apple played (Along HP, Microsoft and the USB-IF) in the development of the standard, but you’re missing the forest for the trees, since it was the EU making it a *universal * standard within it’s boarders that means we all use the same standard.
I was responding to the second sentence, not the first.
I recognize that there are many Americans who believe a great deal in the benefits of standards and interoperability.
But on the whole, as a group, you’ve spent decades rallying behind politicians who vow to do the opposite.