• atzanteol@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Or, and go with me here, it’s a non-issue? Like it’s fine to have multiple standards for different uses?

    All they did was standardize the shape of the connector. Not the voltage, power output, etc. So you’ll still have multiple competing standards and it will be a bit more confusing as “not all USB chargers will be able to power your laptop.”

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      1 year ago

      Or, it’s totally not a non-issue? Like, I remember the time when you had to carry around a fucking proprietary charger for every single fucking device?

      Yeah, no shit, you can’t power your megaultragaminglaptop4000™ with a 5 V 500 mA charger. Whodathunk.

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      1 year ago

      When I’m travelling, I can bring one single charger to charge my laptop, my phone, my tablet, my wireless earbuds, my flashlight, my powerbank, my e-Reader and my bike pump.

      In your world I would have to bring eight different chargers. That’s a pretty big issue to me.

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        1 year ago

        So we’re just passing laws for convenience then?

        In your world there are multiple operating systems. It’s a pain for me so I think there should be only one.