+1 for european regulations.
My phone, iPad, and laptop finally all use the same USB-C charger. The galaxy is at peace.
Submitted 7 hours ago by early_riser@lemmy.world to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
Comments
Shimitar@downonthestreet.eu 7 hours ago
Greg@lemmy.ca 3 hours ago
I’m still waiting for my EV to charge with USB-C
witty_username@feddit.nl 4 hours ago
🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺
Blueliner@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
You get hit by a driverless taxi. The monkey paw curls one finger towards its palm.
PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 6 hours ago
I’m just chuckling at a USB-to-CCS converter.
scytale@piefed.zip 5 hours ago
Must take over a month for a single charge. lol
greyscale@lemmy.sdf.org 6 hours ago
Since some cars can do v2l (vehicle to load) the oppoite is a valid product, a CCS connector to USB C for driving other loads from the cars pack.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Cruise is already dead. We need to kill Tesla before it kills more of us. The rest of the actors in the autonomous vehicles space appear to be actually acting in good faith.
bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
I just bought a more beefy laptop and it has a special charger cable because it’s 170W :(
greyscale@lemmy.sdf.org 6 hours ago
USB PD now supports up to 230W so thats on the manufacturerer being lazy, or the design having elements that are a few years old, since PD recently got that update.
I’m guessing its a lenovo, 170W is one of their bigger bricks.
But the next laptop you have might use the same charger as your ebike, so there’s that.
masterspace@lemmy.ca 5 hours ago
The spec supports 240W, and there are lots of cables rated at that, but there are still no chargers on the market that can hit 240W.
eli@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Yup, I just bought a Framework and bought their 240w charger.
Granted I bought the 13 not the 16, so it can’t use all of it, but it exists!
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 5 hours ago
My laptop takes 300w to charge. We aren’t quite there yet with USB-C. It will trickle charge off USB-C though.
crunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 hour ago
I think your laptop may actually be a Mars rover.
parzival@lemmy.org 1 hour ago
There’s proprietary usbc implementations that can deliver 300w so were close
some_designer_dude@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Is your laptop just a PC you rest on your lap?
funkajunk@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Jesus Christ
dynamoMaus@feddit.org 5 hours ago
This.
Original commenter: are you using a blender as a laptop?
Witchfire@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Are you running a toaster oven off your laptop?
Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 hours ago
Mobile workstation / gaming laptop life 😞
plenipotentprotogod@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Now do yourself a favor and buy a good quality cable thats at least 10ft long and rated for 240W. The feeling of having one cable that can charge any of your devices from any seat on your couch is incredible.
Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 hours ago
Still need it for electric cars and household appliances
tdawg@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Am I the only one who was never bothered by this?
Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Yes
masterspace@lemmy.ca 5 hours ago
Thank God for the EU.
If Apple and the Americans had their way, each of those would use a different proprietary connector.
papalonian@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Yes, Americans famously love having dozens of different chargers and cables to manage
draco_aeneus@mander.xyz 5 hours ago
The reason we should thank the EU is because of this rule. While I cannot guarantee this rule is responsible, the fact that it’s mandated means it’s significantly more economically viable to use the same connector across all regions (including America), and so this rule is the primary factor in the standardization of charging cables.
carrylex@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
New chargers and cables = New freedom units to measure stuff with
pedz@lemmy.ca 3 hours ago
I’m going to add Sony to this list.
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 5 hours ago
The USB standard was made by Intel and the USB-C port is based on a port designed by Apple…
draco_aeneus@mander.xyz 5 hours ago
The EU commision did not decide on USB-C in a vacuum. It looked on already existing stanards and talked to many large electronics manufacturers in order to come to a proposal for USB-C as a universal standard. You are right to point out the role that both Intel and Apple played (Along HP, Microsoft and the USB-IF) in the development of the standard, but you’re missing the forest for the trees, since it was the EU making it a *universal * standard within it’s boarders that means we all use the same standard.
deHaga@feddit.uk 5 hours ago
Until a better option becomes available, and then being stuck with just usb c will suck
draco_aeneus@mander.xyz 5 hours ago
The laws specified by the EU allow for future technological developments and the advancement of the standard without having to re-write the laws. The law itself includes a mandatory technical review, and allows for new standards to be integrated, and outdated standards to be dropped.
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 hours ago
It’s not standardized on USB C. It’s standardized on whatever the USB IF standardized on. So when USB D is a think it will eventually switch to that.
dogdeanafternoon@lemmy.ca 3 hours ago
No they wouldn’t lol
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 hours ago
They literally did until recently.
Apple would still be using different variants of their crappy connectors for everything, none of which were compatible with anything non-Apple, if not for the EU ruling forcing them not to.