Phone chargers to be standardised across Europe from 2024 - forcing Apple to change to USB-C

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Phone chargers to be standardised across Europe from 2024 - forcing Apple to change to USB-C
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Apple has previously cautioned against such a move, arguing that it would stifle innovation and create huge amounts of electronics waste

On an ordinary working day, I lug around a laptop, an iPhone, an Android phone, some bike lights and a pair of earbuds.

It's not the worst hardship in the world, but it is quite annoying, especially as it all seems so pointless. Why don't they have a common charger? Funnily enough, that's exactly the reverse of the argument Apple made for over a decade as its lobbyists resisted the move in Brussels. The trade-offs are also tricky when it comes to innovation. Sometimes diversity aids the development of new ideas, sometimes a common standard does – if you're reading this online, you're doing so thanks to the common standard most people call"the internet".

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