Großbritannien erwägt, USB-C zum gemeinsamen Ladestandard zu machen und damit der EU zu folgen

Didn’t the UK leave the EU to get rid of all these EU regulations?

I for one welcome our USB C overlords

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lol read this and thought “isn’t that old news?” And then I remembered Brexit 😹

I’m a big fan of USB-C, but this consideration is largely performative.

Due to the [Brussels Effect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels_effect), companies selling to the UK tend to follow the EU rules anyway – simply because it’s not cost effective for them to create a seperate non-conforming version for our little island. See Apple for a classic example of this.

In other words, even if the Office for Product Safety and Standards decided against the UK designating USB-C as the default charging port, it’s happening anyway.

If the “standard” worked universally I wouldn’t have a problem with this but USB-C compatibility is flaky at best. Don’t have to look much further than the PS5 controllers to see what I’m talking about. The only USB-C port I can charge it from is the one on the ps5. If I want to charge it from anything else I have to use the USB-A to USB-C cable. They will not charge from any of my “high-speed” usb-c chargers that my Mac’s charge from.

They’ll probably mandate it be rotated 180 degrees, just to show how independent the UK is 

>The UK today has adopted FireWire as its universal charging standard. The now 29 year old standard will be required on all new devices sold in the country from 2054.

-The UK, probably.