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

submitted 1 week ago by minyaen@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world

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

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[–] iii@mander.xyz 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well now I don't know what to believe. Anyone have a link to the legislation?

[–] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

https://lemmy.world/comment/14191329

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

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.

[–] laurelraven@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

[...] have to be equipped with [...]

That does not mean only equipped with