Didn’t the UK leave the EU to get rid of all these EU regulations?
space_jiblets on
It doesn’t matter as EU mandate forced global change
itsjustaride24 on
I for one welcome our USB C overlords
abused_toilet_paper on
What is the common charging standard now? I will take a wild guess and say a can of Monster 😄
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the_geth on
This is just too funny.
Ashamed-Wrongdoer806 on
lol read this and thought “isn’t that old news?” And then I remembered Brexit 😹
dynze on
Don’t want your forrin plugs or human rites
mrsilver76 on
I’m a big fan of USB-C, but this consideration is largely performative.
Due to the [Brussels Effect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels_effect), companies selling to the UK tend to follow the EU rules anyway – simply because it’s not cost effective for them to create a seperate non-conforming version for our little island. See Apple for a classic example of this.
In other words, even if the Office for Product Safety and Standards decided against the UK designating USB-C as the default charging port, it’s happening anyway.
victorav29 on
Now the metric system and the C-like electrical plug
pyr0phelia on
If the “standard” worked universally I wouldn’t have a problem with this but USB-C compatibility is flaky at best. Don’t have to look much further than the PS5 controllers to see what I’m talking about. The only USB-C port I can charge it from is the one on the ps5. If I want to charge it from anything else I have to use the USB-A to USB-C cable. They will not charge from any of my “high-speed” usb-c chargers that my Mac’s charge from.
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tcptomato on
They’ll probably mandate it be rotated 180 degrees, just to show how independent the UK is
ithinkmynameismoose on
Not an awful idea, but the government forcing it is.
A_Pointy_Rock on
>The UK today has adopted FireWire as its universal charging standard. The now 29 year old standard will be required on all new devices sold in the country from 2054.
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Didn’t the UK leave the EU to get rid of all these EU regulations?
It doesn’t matter as EU mandate forced global change
I for one welcome our USB C overlords
What is the common charging standard now? I will take a wild guess and say a can of Monster 😄
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This is just too funny.
lol read this and thought “isn’t that old news?” And then I remembered Brexit 😹
Don’t want your forrin plugs or human rites
I’m a big fan of USB-C, but this consideration is largely performative.
Due to the [Brussels Effect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels_effect), companies selling to the UK tend to follow the EU rules anyway – simply because it’s not cost effective for them to create a seperate non-conforming version for our little island. See Apple for a classic example of this.
In other words, even if the Office for Product Safety and Standards decided against the UK designating USB-C as the default charging port, it’s happening anyway.
Now the metric system and the C-like electrical plug
If the “standard” worked universally I wouldn’t have a problem with this but USB-C compatibility is flaky at best. Don’t have to look much further than the PS5 controllers to see what I’m talking about. The only USB-C port I can charge it from is the one on the ps5. If I want to charge it from anything else I have to use the USB-A to USB-C cable. They will not charge from any of my “high-speed” usb-c chargers that my Mac’s charge from.
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They’ll probably mandate it be rotated 180 degrees, just to show how independent the UK is
Not an awful idea, but the government forcing it is.
>The UK today has adopted FireWire as its universal charging standard. The now 29 year old standard will be required on all new devices sold in the country from 2054.
-The UK, probably.