• SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Leave standards to experts.

    That’s what everybody did at first. It gave us a different connector for each device. After a few decades, there are still competing standards. Either the experts are incompetent, or the business environment they’re in doesn’t incentivize single standards.

    • atzanteol@sh.itjust.works
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      2 years ago

      Or, and go with me here, it’s a non-issue? Like it’s fine to have multiple standards for different uses?

      All they did was standardize the shape of the connector. Not the voltage, power output, etc. So you’ll still have multiple competing standards and it will be a bit more confusing as “not all USB chargers will be able to power your laptop.”