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The EU is already monitoring wireless charging and will step in the same way if there isn't an industry-wide standard soon.

isn't Qi a widely adopted standard already?

what exactly are they monitoring?

Tell that to Apple Watch charger.

How does moving to inductive charging create more e-waste? Unless you just mean in the very short term of course.

I don't own a single wireless charger, so would have to buy and upgrade as the tech improves (if it was forced on me)

All iPhones today already support wireless charging, so it won't be that big of a jump.

The issue with wireless charging is the waste of energy and lack of fast charging.

fast charging is bad for the batteries