I find amusing every time since Brexit when the UK has to put its own effort into duplicating EU policies
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UK Considers Adopting USB-C as Common Charging Standard
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They very much could since USB-C only sets a plug standard and allows for proprietary implementations of how the plug works.
That's a whole different discussion. As long as people want cheap, someone will make and sell it.
And in Australia the port should be upside down. (it's a joke guys, I know it's a reversible port)
How is it pointless bureaucracy? Should the UK rely on the EU for all their laws? It seems foolish to avoid implementing your own laws if another entity is already doing it. How does that benefit the UK? In what way does the UK implementing this law increase bureaucracy?
To me it sounds like you have a knee-jerk reaction against regulations but haven't really thought your comment through
It's because all of the song and dance of breaking up with the EU...only to follow them policy-wise anyways.
OK… so the UK can't do anything the EU does after they broke up with the EU?
Even if the government completely changes policies and the current government would not have implemented that breakup?
Just think about it. A government isn't a monolithic entity. It's not a person. It's not even made up of the same people as when Brexit happened. And a huge amount of British people didn't even want Brexit
Not a single bus company or otherwise, anywhere, is "ripping out" sockets. It's for new devices going forward. It didn't happen with planes.
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Being both North American and European, and having lived on both sides of the Atlantic, I can say that Europe (particularly the EU) is often well ahead of North America in terms of regulations that benefit consumers' health or the environment. Take food for example: here in North America no ingredient is forbidden as long as science hasn't unanimously proven it's bad, which in practice means that almost nothing is forbidden. In Europe, when reasonable suspicions arise about a particular ingredient, it will be banned until science has unanimously proven it's not bad, which in practice means it is forbidden for good. It's basically a matter of businesses first versus consumers first. Now that the UK is out of the EU, it has to choose which of these two models it wants to follow, or perhaps an in-between.
Bad idea. The moment you have a standard hard coded into a bureaucracy, it will be difficult to amend. Companies innovoate at a much faster pace than regulatory bodies can keep up with, so their regs should be narrow and targeted. For example, a regulation that requires mobile device makers to use industry standard charging techniques is preferable to “You must use USB-C.” For all we know, USB-C may die in a year or so.
European regs are often not “pro-consumer.” See Ukrainian wheat as an example.
The UK and the EU now look very much like Canada and the United States. Theoretically, Canada is independent and may pass its own laws, but in practice, the US passes its regulations and Canada pretty much follows suit. An example among hundreds: daylight savings time. A few years ago the US decided to push back the change date from October to November, and then Canada applied this without a public debate, so that we're not out of sync with the Southern giant.
I don't really know how to think about this because I can see it one way and then another way.
It seems to make sense to standardize and require one common charging port, just like the way we require electricity plugs and outlets to be standardized (by nation).
But on the other hand, ports like USB-C are in a way of a different "animal" in that with the advancement of technology we may need that kind of port to change. Electricity plugs and outlets haven't changed for decades and decades in most countries, but data ports (and therefore charging ports that combine with data) have changed a lot to accommodate newer protocols, data rates, and all that.
It seems to make sense to standardize and require one common charging port, just like the way we require electricity plugs and outlets to be standardized (by nation).
But on the other hand, ports like USB-C are in a way of a different "animal" in that with the advancement of technology we may need that kind of port to change. Electricity plugs and outlets haven't changed for decades and decades in most countries, but data ports (and therefore charging ports that combine with data) have changed a lot to accommodate newer protocols, data rates, and all that.
Not sure I understand because the comment you were commenting on seems to be about the European Union. Ukraine is not in the European Union. Or are you saying that something about Ukrainian wheat which is problematic is nevertheless allowed to be sold in the EU?
There are exceptions indeed, but by and large, Europe and North America have different philosophies regarding these topics.
Regulations can change just like ports change. Previously it was required to have micro-usb as the common charger, and now it's not.
I'd rather have a common electronics charging standard than more proprietary garbage poorly masked as "innovation".
True. Hopefully the regulations can change as fast to practically accommodate.