After ten years of hard work to try and promote innovation and consumer welfare, the European Union has revealed its bold plan: to force device manufacturers to use a single charging standard.
The Eurocrats are now hard at work patting themselves on the back for this glorious outcome of the decade-long "trilogue on the common charger." By 2024, wired devices sold in the EU must use the USB-C charging port and will not be sold with a charger by default. This is intended to "curb e-waste" and give consumers "more choice." Can you feel the innovation? Never say the EU does not dream big.
