EU rules on common chargers apply to laptops from today. It means that all new laptops sold in the European Union must now support USB-C charging.
In December 2024, the rules came into force for mobile phones, tablets, digital cameras, headphones, videogame consoles, and portable speakers.
Laptop manufacturers were given a longer lead in time to allow for redesign and transition to the common charging system.
The problem with this is they mandate something in the law and then there comes along a new and better option that nobody can use because there’s a stupid law…
Personally I still want to see more people do that contact connector that was in the dock of my Motorola Xoom.
The law says that the laptop needs to support USB-C charging, not that it can’t have other means. Like MacBooks that has the MagSafe charger - they can also use USB-C to charge.
The problem with that is the corporations love to save a penny or two on hardware, no matter how much worse it makes the product, specifying one seems like a good way to make them just use that even if there is something better.
The law doesn’t actually force USB C. It’s whatever the standard the USB IF says. So if USB D comes out and they say it’s the best then they’ll switch to that.
The one they were talking about months ago was specific, not really a fan of C, it’s a much more fragile connection than A. The extra bandwidth isn’t worth how often they fail compared to other connectors.
Nothing better than usb c will ever come along.
Besides we’re in late stage PC so we’ll all be analog before you know it.
Then just change the law when the time comes?
You’ve seen what a well oiled machine legislation is, no?
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