On Fri, 2021-09-24 at 10:07 +1000, Roger Clarke wrote: > [ But maybe it's a comprehension problem
It's simple: Apple (and earlier, others) changed chargers every time a new modem came out. It drove a huge ecosystem of spare and replacement chargers which Apple took full advantage of. But it also drove a hugely wasteful cycle of discarding perfectly functional chargers because one half-centimetre at the end of a cable was incompatible with the New! Better! hole in the device. The EU said "fix it - use the same plugs", and while there was a pretty big shift to USB (micro and C), Apple ignored it. There was no way the EU was ever going to allow an Apple proprietary connector to be the legislated standard, so USB-C it is. It can cope with high current, bi-directional data,high-speed data - what's not to love? BTW, no-one is saying devices cannot have *additional* cables for other purposes. Just charging has to be via USB-C. But as it can do so much more, it's a really good choice. Regards, K. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Karl Auer ([email protected]) http://www.biplane.com.au/kauer GPG fingerprint: 61A0 99A9 8823 3A75 871E 5D90 BADB B237 260C 9C58 Old fingerprint: 2561 E9EC D868 E73C 8AF1 49CF EE50 4B1D CCA1 5170 _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
