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EU law mandating universal chargers for devices comes into force(www.france24.com)

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Suck it micro USB, mini USB, and lightning! 🪫🔋

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iii@mander.xyz
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Starting today, all new mobile phones, tablets, digital cameras, headphones, speakers, keyboards and many other electronics sold in the EU will have to be equipped with a USB Type-C charging port,"

Source: the article

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Laurel Raven@lemmy.zip
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[…] have to be equipped with […]

That does not mean only equipped with

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catloaf@lemm.ee
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Well now I don’t know what to believe. Anyone have a link to the legislation?

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catloaf@lemm.ee
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Looks like the devices are named in annex Ia, and includes 13 items.

If there is something so valuable as to require a new port on one of those devices, I’m sure they’d come up with something, such as by having USB-C for charging and something else for data.

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