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Originally Posted by trollface

I don't think the EU had anything to do with the cable changes in the past 20 years. We honestly just had a bunch of shitty connectors that got phased out due to hitting bandwidth bottlenecks.

Mini/Micro/32/Serial/the weird round mouse and keyboard one. Those were all just straight-up trash but there was nothing better at the time. Personal devices were all a pretty new market so there was no standardization at all. The EU didn't really have anything to do with the changes back then.

AUX, Serial, HDMI, DP, the square printer one, the weird Sata on the Galaxy S, VGA, DVI....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common...l_power_supply

In 2009, a European Commission initiative resulted in the specification of a common external power supply (common EPS) for use with data-enabled mobile phones sold in the European Union. The external power supply is the AC electric power adapter that converts household AC electricity voltages to the much lower DC voltages needed to charge a mobile phone's internal battery. Although compliance is voluntary, a majority of the world's largest mobile phone manufacturers agreed to make their applicable mobile phones compatible with Europe's common external power supply specification (EN 62684:2010).

https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/23/eu...r-for-mobiles/

EU lawmakers are finally set to standardize charging ports for consumer electronics devices like smartphones and tablets — announcing a proposal today that, once adopted, will see the region settle on USB-C as a universal charging port for gadgets which will also include cameras, headphones, portable speakers and handheld videogames consoles.

Some smaller consumer electronics devices — like smart watches and fitness bands — are being excluded owing to factors like their size and conditions of use.