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procursive t1_iwvk335 wrote

Reply to comment by theskyiscool in USB-C will be mandatory for all smart devices sold in India by Sam1515024

That won’t happen anytime soon. All phones use the USB protocol for data transfer regardless of the port and the USB group is committed to using USB-C well into the future. That means that you won’t get a speed boost over USB-C without going outside the protocol (which is insane) and that if you managed to get the USB group to come up a new speed it’s pretty much a guarantee that USB-C will support said speed.

As a sidenote, the “USB group” is a consortium of big companies, not a government body of any type. Pretty much every single big company who could possibly want to come out with a faster single cable data transfer method is in there, and that includes Apple.

Another sidenote, believing that USB-C can harm innovation in the smartphone space by limiting transfer speeds is ridiculous. No phone manufacturer gives two shits about wired transfer speeds, as evidenced by most of them sticking to USB 2 speeds for their devices (again, that includes Apple and their innovative Lightning port).

Finally, and to more directly answer your question, if that fantasy scenario you described were to happen the company responsible could just knock the USB group and EU’s doors and tell them about their fantastic new standard. If it’s actually an upgrade and it’s offered as an open standard they’ll probably just embrace it and update the standards and legislature. The point of the law is to prevent companies from coming out with myriads of shitty proprietary ports and standards, nothing more, nothing less.

And actually finally now, the law doesn’t ban alternate ports, it just requires a USB-C port. If all else fails the oh-so-poor innovation-starved manufacturers could simply stick their magic-fueled ports right beside the USB-C and call it a day.

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fallingcats_net t1_iwvid25 wrote

Reply to comment by theskyiscool in USB-C will be mandatory for all smart devices sold in India by Sam1515024

Like they have done for the last 8 years, laptops will slowly adapt the new standard alongside the previous one. If it gains market share and there is sufficient interest from the industry, lawmakers can always mandate the new one instead.
That being said, the usb type c connector is capable of many times more power and bandwidth than it is used for today.

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hsgdgda t1_iwvhy19 wrote

Reply to comment by wakka55 in USB-C will be mandatory for all smart devices sold in India by Sam1515024

I have seen many issues at my previous job with USB C / thunderbolt. People think they can use any cord and charger as long as it fits in a USB C port. Guess what, you won’t get video in a thunderbolt port just because a USB C cord fits in the port. Your laptop probably won’t charge if you try and charge it with a phone cord and charger.

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Slammedtgs t1_iwvhsjs wrote

Reply to comment by AnaalPusBakje in Study: AirPods Pro are *this close* to being full-fledged hearing aids - Apple's social isolation sticks are useful for low to moderate hearing loss. by speckz

Thanks for pointing out that I, once again, failed to proof read my reply. I fixed the comments.

Historically, hearing aids have focused on the speech range to the spectrum, below 8khz. Newer generations are starting to increase the response curve to make music sound better. This is on the speaker side, not the microphone.

Earbuds/TWS have a wider frequency spectrum, to capture the high end audio (vocals and instrumental).

For ANC you need high output at low frequencies, which AirPods do well with a large driver. Hearings aids struggle here due to the size constraints in the ear canal.

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4lan9 t1_iwvhqha wrote

Reply to comment by Hairy_Al in USB-C will be mandatory for all smart devices sold in India by Sam1515024

Their connector, the magsafe, is proprietary. Sure you can use a Qi pad, but then it has to be lying down on a table and you can't use it normally like when plugged in.

They know this. They know you will still shell out $40 for a magsafe cable that costs the manufacturer extra money to sell as MFi just because it is proprietary.

They are making tens of billions off their cut from cables, apps, subscriptions that they don't even make themselves. This is anti-competitive behavior that hurts the end user

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CocodaMonkey t1_iwvhg6v wrote

Reply to comment by theskyiscool in USB-C will be mandatory for all smart devices sold in India by Sam1515024

You're still allowed to make a new standard. The law has allowances for new standards it just has to be agreed to.

It's honestly not a concern. This law was only needed because Apple chose to be dicks. The EU told every manufacturer more than a decade ago to sort out their standards or they will. Literally every single company but Apple got together and went to USB. Apple was the lone holdout that adamantly refused so now we have a law because one company refused to work with others.

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