Pro@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoLarge majority of French, German and Spanish public back tough EU stance on Big Tech, despite risk to Trump relationspeoplevsbig.techexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1452arrow-down12file-text
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minus-squareZwuzelmaus@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down8·1 day agoUSB charging is the worst example ever. Ever ever. It took the EU something like 15 years and several laughable attempts until they somehow made it.
minus-squarexthexder@l.sw0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 hours agoUSB-C is only like 10 years old, and widespread availability has been within maybe the last 5 years. I think it’s fine they waited, enforcing a brand new and unproven technology would have been a bad idea.
minus-squareZwuzelmaus@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·12 hours agoThat’s why I generalized my answer to USB and not only USB-C.
USB charging is the worst example ever. Ever ever.
It took the EU something like 15 years and several laughable attempts until they somehow made it.
USB-C is only like 10 years old, and widespread availability has been within maybe the last 5 years. I think it’s fine they waited, enforcing a brand new and unproven technology would have been a bad idea.
That’s why I generalized my answer to USB and not only USB-C.