Really looking forward to my SO upgrading away from their older lightening iPhone, and back to Android, maybe an e/os fairphone (they like the green one).
I’m still waiting for my EV to charge with USB-C
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Thank God for the EU.
If Apple and the Americans had their way, each of those would use a different proprietary connector.
I’m going to add Sony to this list.
Yes, Americans famously love having dozens of different chargers and cables to manage
New chargers and cables = New freedom units to measure stuff with
The reason we should thank the EU is because of this rule. While I cannot guarantee this rule is responsible, the fact that it’s mandated means it’s significantly more economically viable to use the same connector across all regions (including America), and so this rule is the primary factor in the standardization of charging cables.
I know why we have the EU to thank .
If Apple and the Americans had their way, each of those would use a different proprietary connector.
Americans don’t want proprietary connectors. We’re happy to get USB-C, too.
Ah, I misunderstood. I conflated “Americans” (lawmakers) and “Americans” (everyone else).
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When did anyone say the EU created USB-C? They passed legislature that required the mass adoption of it and are the reason Apple had to switch from that stupid lightning connector, but I don’t see anyone claiming the EU created it.
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.
No they wouldn’t lol
If Apple had any intention to switch to USB-C on their own, they would’ve done so with the iPhone 7.
They literally did until recently.
Apple would still be using different variants of their crappy connectors for everything, none of which were compatible with anything non-Apple, if not for the EU ruling forcing them not to.
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?
If the innovation is a more efficient way to your toe
Stifled innovation means a loss of competitive advantage.
It’s the lesser evil in this case.
Exactly the sort of thinking that has stagnated Europe in all areas of innovation this century.
It’s not standardized on USB C. It’s standardized on whatever the USB IF standardized on. So when USB D is a think it will eventually switch to that.
+1 for european regulations.
You get hit by a driverless taxi. The monkey paw curls one finger towards its palm.
I’m just chuckling at the thought of a USB-to-CCS converter.
Must take over a month for a single charge. lol
Would take a week for my car with the maximum theoretical charge speed of USB C
Since some cars can do v2l (vehicle to load) the oppoite is a valid product, a CCS connector to USB C for driving other loads from the cars pack.
And pray that its not a supercheap product that messes up handshakes. I got a unbranded powerbank from a cousin (temu or something) that pulled enough from her 95w charger to melt the housing before the power brick cut power
Cruise is already dead. We need to kill Tesla before it kills more of us. The rest of the actors in the autonomous vehicles space appear to be actually acting in good faith.
I just bought a more beefy laptop and it has a special charger cable because it’s 170W :(
USB PD now supports up to 230W so thats on the manufacturerer being lazy, or the design having elements that are a few years old, since PD recently got that update.
I’m guessing its a lenovo, 170W is one of their bigger bricks.
But the next laptop you have might use the same charger as your ebike, so there’s that.
The spec supports 240W, and there are lots of cables rated at that, but there are still no chargers on the market that can hit 240W.
There are 240w USB C chargers now.
This was the first one with a 240w port, released 6 months ago:
https://de.ugreen.com/products/ugreen-nexode-500w-6-port-gan-desktop-schnell-ladegeraet
And Framework also has one now
Yes, Lenovo!
You’ll find that it’ll work just fine on 100W USB C unless you have a dGPU in which case it really wants the bigboy power brick.
If it makes you feel better, soon there will be adapters from USB PD 3.1 to 230W Lenovo Square sooner or later. And sometimes, older thinkpads with the square and circle connectors have had little kits made to give them USB C charging. Its only a matter of time.
And for what its worth, if it wasn’t gonna be C, Lenovo Square is a good one since I have tons of them knocking about.
Yup, I just bought a Framework and bought their 240w charger.
Granted I bought the 13 not the 16, so it can’t use all of it, but it exists!
Now do yourself a favor and buy a good quality cable thats at least 10ft long and rated for 240W. The feeling of having one cable that can charge any of your devices from any seat on your couch is incredible.
My laptop takes 300w to charge. We aren’t quite there yet with USB-C. It will trickle charge off USB-C though.
I think your laptop may actually be a Mars rover.
There’s proprietary usbc implementations that can deliver 300w so were close
Is your laptop just a PC you rest on your lap?
Are you running a toaster oven off your laptop?
Jesus Christ
This.
Original commenter: are you using a blender as a laptop?
Blender can be used on a laptop, too. Y’know, the other one.
Mobile workstation / gaming laptop life 😞
Still need it for electric cars and household appliances
Am I the only one who was never bothered by this?
Yes
