Thank God for the EU.

If Apple and the Americans had their way, each of those would use a different proprietary connector.

Until a better option becomes available, and then being stuck with just usb c will suck

The laws specified by the EU allow for future technological developments and the advancement of the standard without having to re-write the laws. The law itself includes a mandatory technical review, and allows for new standards to be integrated, and outdated standards to be dropped.

I don’t think governments should be in charge of deciding what’s innovative

History has shown us again and again that corporations can’t behave decently if let to their own device.

I would much rather have the government stiffle innovation if that means that consumer are safe and benefit from said innovation.

I’m not saying don’t regulate.

I would much rather have the government stiffle innovation if that means that consumer are safe and benefit from said innovation.

How can they benefit from innovation that has been stifled?

How can they benefit from innovation that has been stifled?

a) how are you measuring “innovation”?

b) how are you measuring the “benefit”, and for who?

Regulations and standardization can hold back an existing company from trying a new idea, however, they are also the only thing that creates true, lasting, interoperability, and interoperability is what let’s new companies enter markets.

i.e. Theoretically, Apple may be held back if they want to innovate their charging port because they have to make it compatible with USB-C.

However, now new companies that aren’t apple that want to innovate on cables and chargers can enter the market, and they’ll benefit from a consistent specified interface and not having to design a million proprietary variants, and they’ll be able to plan their products in a stabler, longer term environment, that will make it easier to attract investment.

how are you measuring “innovation”?

Patents, breakthroughs. Most happen in US or China.

No risk, no reward.

Lmao. So how many “breakthroughs” happened in the US last year and how many “breakthroughs” happened in the UK?

And how are you measuring their relative significance and scale?

In case youre not aware, the overall point im making us that you have literally no idea how to measure innovation in a reliable or meaningful way. So again, I would point you to verall outcomes. At the end of World War 2 the US was orders of magnitude wealthier per capita then virtually every single European country, and yet, today, Europeans are happier, healthier, and richer then Americans.