And then people are surprised when free market yet again proves it doesn’t like standardization, so bodies like EU have to step in.
Probably a matter of time before they do on that matter, too.
Probably a matter of time before they do on that matter, too.
How would USB C ever become “a standard” if no one could come out with one first because they had to wait on the law to change?
BTW, USB C is not “mandated” yet. If they did “mandate” it, are they going to “mandate” that the cords standardize on a power delivery? video out? A certain data speed? Protocols the vendors must support?
Will “the standard” be like the indecipherable 99 section 11 chapter GDPR that made the web worse and festered with cookie pop ups?
The free market also came up with these.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B092ZT8CJ9?
They are in my go bag.
And guess what? None of the companies that exist solely to track users had to change anything because of the GDPR. But one private company - Apple - forced app developers to allow users to opt in to tracking and companies like Facebook announced that it affected their revenue by billions.
Maybe the government isn’t effective at regulating tech?
So the GDPR changed things by making it so you can't just inform the user about tracking, you must also give the user the option to say no which is why the next gen of banners have opt out options.
Wired networking standardization tends to be lead by groups that want to use the technology and also sell it, rather than by groups that mostly want to sell it. There still were four competing 100M ethernet standards, and now a fifth 100Base-T1 has appeared (but targetting specific niches).
If all that changed between USB1.0 and USB 4 version 2 (or wtf it ends up being called) was twisting the pairs more (more or less), the cabling issues would be less too.
Telephones and other telecommunication devices have been mandated to use RJ connectors for decades!